Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction datestamped January 29

datestamped January 29

retaining about 97% of original gilded finish: with award document for II Grade clasp (silver grade)

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

1907 in Manitou

by Lieutenant-Colonel Thibault at Christmas 2004

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction datestamped January 29(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered tombac, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flattened tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely