A German Civil Gliding Proficiency Badge; Class “C” Cloth Version Newly Listed but textbook example by maker

but textbook example by maker C

along with a photocopied newspaper article entitled "UNTOUCHED AT DIEPPE / PTE

65 with the Local Defence Flotillas

green velvet exterior with metal coat-or-arms

The design comes from an ancient Swedish pattern that Himmler admired while attending a museum there

A German Civil Gliding Proficiency Badge; Class “C” Cloth Version Newly Listed but textbook example by makerA cloth version of a Civil Gliding Proficiency badge; Class C; in twisted silver aluminum bullion hand embroidery in the form of three vertically stacked gulls within a wreath; on a grey wool backer; with black paper backing; measuring 37 mm in diameter; uniform removed; near very fine condition. Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate