Mint - Luftwaffe Pilot Badge by GWL
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A Mint - Luftwaffe Flugzeugführerabzeichen by Gebruder Wegerhoff of Lüdenscheid (1941-44). The Luftwaffe pilot badge was awarded upon completing flight training and received their license. It is constructed out of two pieces of die struck nickel-silver / tombak based that has been black burnished and silver plated with polished highlights and finished in a protective lacquer coating. The obverse features a 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, to a half laurel leaf and berry, half oak leaf and acorn wreath that is tied together at the bottom. The reverse is correctly maker marked “GWL”. The reverse also features a soldered on block hinge, soldered on catch, round wire pin and two tombak rivets. The polished highlights on this one is just stunning! It measures approximately 2 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/8 inches tall. Gorgeous…
| Rating: | Mint- |
| Item Number: | M-23619 |
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