Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive measuring 900 mm around the

measuring 900 mm around the waist x 1

with the company's downward pointing sword and interlocking HHS initials

Type III (silvered bronze

hanger with vertical pinback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive measuring 900 mm around the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 2 mm (w) x 52.