Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of consisting of an aluminum loop

consisting of an aluminum loop from which emanates dual field-grey doeskin straps overlaid by silver aluminum wire tresses

It is dated to Braunschweig on September 8

After five weeks

but upon further investigation

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of consisting of an aluminum loop(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,