Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, Type 1, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive They picked up four survivors

They picked up four survivors and as they headed away to safety

the two lateral ones with octagonal nuts incorporating loops

thestaris suspended on original full-length sash ribbon with bow

1st Class - Grade I Cross for Twenty-Five Years' Service

he stepped out and said

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, Type 1, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive They picked up four survivors(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 eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 88 mm (w)