Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Sew-On Version, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A protruding cardboard-reinforced visor completes

A protruding cardboard-reinforced visor completes the exterior features

6 mm x 47 mm

Still under concentrated fire

topped by a SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Sew-On Version, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A protruding cardboard-reinforced visor completes(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, perforated with eight eyelets for sew on attachment, unmarked, measuring 45. 15 mm (w) x 71. 46 mm (h), weighing 11. 2 grams, demonstrating all of the characteristics of late period veteran