Germany, Luftwaffe. A Late War Glider Pilot Badge Hold 5 mm (w) x 79

5 mm (w) x 79 mm (l)

each side of the venting with a rectangular recessed panel that has a scalloped flap trimmed in blue piping

1939 (in die-stamped silvered bronze

and on the inner edge with pebbled magnetic metal buttons

suffering a gun shot wound to his right hip on August 9

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Late War Glider Pilot Badge Hold 5 mm (w) x 79(Segelflugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 50. 90 mm (w) x 55. 66 mm (h), weighing 21. 6 grams, a late war example with a soldered eagle and loss of silver finish, in overall near extremely