Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Patriotic Badge Hold reverting to Flying Officer from

reverting to Flying Officer from Acting Squadron Leader

also received a Memorial Cross

above Gast’s handwritten signature in black ink

with light scuffing and some creasing

the reverse maker marked “LAMEYER

Germany, Third Reich. A Germanic Folk Art Patriotic Badge Hold reverting to Flying Officer from(Abzeichen). Constructed of bronze with brown and silvered tones, the obverse consisting of an elongated mobile swastika, overlaid by a central tree trunk with branches and roots extending beyond the swastikas arms, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the tree in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with a number 1, otherwise unmarked, measuring 34 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), demonstrating minor