Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive a silver gilt Maltese cross

a silver gilt Maltese cross with green enameled arms

45 mm x 63

stands in better than extremely fine condition

Ordnance and Quartermaster Corps

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive a silver gilt Maltese cross(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna,