Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Series 481

Series 481

LXIX Corps

/ Guns: Carrying Lewis 19187

the German Cross in Gold on February 20

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Series 481(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. Constructed of silvered and patinated tombac, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 59 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm (h), weighing 44. 2 grams, and in overall