Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity the silvering on the award

the silvering on the award extremely well preserved

center disk on reverse damaged with pin missing

he returned to the United States aboard the troopship USAT (United States Army Transport) St

officially engraved with the date "9

loosening of the blade’s stem within the hilt

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity the silvering on the award(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 to the obverse, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked OM for a well documented but unidentified manufacturer, measuring 61. 26 mm