Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction silver frame with attractive old

silver frame with attractive old patina and a blackened iron core (magnetic)

affixed to a gilded bronze backer with a period original ribbon

ranging from fine to very fine

Towards the end of the year he was redeployed to the 3rd Company of Landesschützen Battalion 847 with which he stayed until early April of 1945

Aachen and Dortmund

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction silver frame with attractive old(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 48 mm (w) x 53. 86 mm (h), weighing 33. 2 grams,