Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Reed attended Signal School at

Reed attended Signal School at Fort Myer

30 March 1935: Transferred to the 10th 100-Man Detachment in Bremen

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted by Queen Isabel II on August 3

a rectangular bar constructed of gilded brass

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Reed attended Signal School at(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,