Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge United Republic of A first war period medal

A first war period medal bar grouping of 5 awards

The front is adorned with a helmet plate illustrating the Czechoslovakia coat-of-arms laying upon an angled square with linden leaves on each of the four sides

but it is clear that its user did not abuse it

numbered 371800

edged by blue “blau” Waffenfarbe piping

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge United Republic of A first war period medal(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). In zinc, with a patinated Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a sharp tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position, unmarked, but possible maker Friedrich Linden, measures 65. 57 mm (w) x 53. 16