Germany, Luftwaffe. A Combined Pilot And Observer Badge, Relic Condition, By Gebrüder Schneider United Republic of lacquered swastika

lacquered swastika

he was promoted to Stoker Petty Officer on March 1

making sporadic attacks over the Suez Canal Zone

but returned to South Africa for a second tour of duty in 1902

Mid-tone patina

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Combined Pilot And Observer Badge, Relic Condition, By Gebrüder Schneider United Republic of lacquered swastika(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping German national eagle, 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. 68 mm (w) x 53. 47 mm (h), weighing 29. 0