Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed Buckinghamshire on September 28

Buckinghamshire on September 28

(Anti-Aircraft) on the first day we were on the sector

with hand embroidered in Latin script “Nordland” in aluminum silver bullion threading

Panzer Reconnaissance Division 19

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed Buckinghamshire on September 28(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 50 mm