Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and numerous signatures (presumably

and numerous signatures (presumably

one of which is addressed to his mother

entitled "European & American Arms" by Claude Blair

the former medal with a dark patina and lacquered

a Waffen-SS Rottenführer tropical rank insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity and numerous signatures (presumably(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of