Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Hold in blue box of issue

in blue box of issue

in silvered die struck tombac

Observer’s badge in silvered tombac

Heinrich von Pittel did not stop there

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Hold in blue box of issue(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 65. 15 mm