Description
A German Imperial Flyer's Stickpin - Die-stamped silvered bronze
Footnote: this particular unit was very small with probably few hundred Officers and Men at the most
Board mounted with pin back
demonstrating minor loss of gilt finish to the metal fixtures
White silk with the red sun insignia silk screened in the centre
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Auction A German Imperial Flyer's Stickpin(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 eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 64. 74 mm (w)