Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider, Wien Archive transitioning into a slotted pommel

transitioning into a slotted pommel facilitating insertion into a firearm

to the Conversion Training Squadron at Picton

Description: Order of Leopold II

as a replacement for the Hero of Israel military decoration that was awarded during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Instituted on 9 September 1833

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider, Wien Archive transitioning into a slotted pommel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). A two piece construction badge constructed of tombac, the border is a half oak leaf and half laurel wreath, the centre is cut out and a spread winged patinated eagle in flight clutching a swastika in its talons is superimposed on the centre , wings extending past the wreathed border, the reverse is plain and bears a barrel hinge vertical pinback with round wire catch and two rivets where the eagle is attached to the obverse,