Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold including U-Boats under attack

including U-Boats under attack

170 mm x 220 mm

which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history

" He went back to his swimming pool

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold including U-Boats under attack(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, with etched inscription