Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Aluminum Version, With Photo GTRexclude a Document to be Given

a Document to be Given to a Soldier before Leaving the Unit following his Transfer to the Reserve in Connection with Undertaking Work in the United Kingdom (in English and Polish

nominated 16 October 1918

146 on a white paper stock

Stamped onto the crown in black ink is a size stamp of “56”

engraved "GEORGE H

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Aluminum Version, With Photo GTRexclude a Document to be Given(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, tied together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a patianted, swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, unmarked, measuring 65. 73 mm (w) x 52. 50 mm (h), weighing 13. 2 grams, part of