Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude James "Jim" Walsh

James "Jim" Walsh

awarded posthumously to Grenadier August Kröger

with silver hallmarks denoting Birmingham manufacture from 1902

brown leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude James "Jim" Walsh(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 34 mm (w) x 52. 72