Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction and Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus

and Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus

Footnote: The 5th Ranger Battalion was activated on September 1

U-29 Cloth Patch - machine embroidered

Major Biddle was later named Senior Explosives Officer at Scotland Yard and he was no stranger to unpredictable terrorist devices

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction and Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus(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 Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 65. 28 mm (w) x 53. 15 mm (h), weighing 44. 6