Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude overlaid by a raised monogram

overlaid by a raised monogram of King Ludwig II

and with turquoise enamels in the center

it states that he was awarded the bar to the Military Medal on August 27 1919 as a member of the 43rd Battalion

the first award of its kind and the highest award at that time

Instituted October 18th 1939

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude overlaid by a raised monogram(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked with the micro version of the logo of Brder