Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of With highly detailed aluminum fittings

With highly detailed aluminum fittings on the hilt

A lot of two love letters from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) to Frau Hedwig Potthast (1912-1994)

each of the lions' heads with a trio of intact lugs)

The five ventilation holes at the base of the spike and rear spine with ventilation shutter is indicative of a post 1895 manufactured pickelhaube

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of With highly detailed aluminum fittings(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offizier). Constructed of a padded black wool backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf overlaid by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), moderate material fatigue is evident to the wire features, in otherwise fine condition.