Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pflanzer-Baltin Weltkreig" Badge 1914-1916 (die-stamped

Pflanzer-Baltin Weltkreig" Badge 1914-1916 (die-stamped tin

Dietl led the 20th Mountain Army on the northern Eastern Front during the ultimately disappointing German Arctic campaign

resulting in immediate death

maker marked "Deschler & Sohn Munchen" on the inside lid

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pflanzer-Baltin Weltkreig" Badge 1914-1916 (die-stamped(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 95 mm (w) x 53.