Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version GTRexclude or signs of age or

or signs of age or use

the bell free of chipping and crazing

Large Note Written in English and Japanese (handwritten inscriptions in black ink in both languages

while under intense mortar fire

(NSDAP Jugend): In stamped fire gilt bronze

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version GTRexclude or signs of age or(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offizier). Constructed of a padded black wool backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf overlaid by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), moderate material fatigue is evident to the wire features, in otherwise fine condition.