Case & Personalized - Pilot Badge by FLL
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A Personalized - Luftwaffe Flugzeugführerabzeichen im Etui by Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid. The Luftwaffe pilot badge was awarded upon completing flight training and received their license. It is constructed out of two pieces of die struck zinc that has been black burnished and silver washed and covered in a protectant lacquer coating. The obverse features a grey/blackened centrally placed massive swooping Luftwaffe eagle with outstretched wings clutching a mobile swastika in its talons. The eagle is the attached, at the wings (small wiggle), to a silver half laurel leaf and berry, half oak leaf and acorn wreath that is tied together at the bottom. The reverse displays a soldered-on block hinge with nail head hinge pin, soldered on round wire catch, round wire pin and two zinc rivets. The reverse of the wreath is personalized reading: “Mei Wein” and “U Tietz”. It measures 2 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/8 inches tall. The award comes housed in its original minty pressed paper carton case. The obverse of the case reads, in black ink: “Luftwaffe Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen”. The original tissue paper is also included. The case measures 2 5/8 inches wide by 2 ¼ inches deep by 7/8 of an inch thick. A great assembly!
| Rating: | NM |
| Item Number: | M-23584 |
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