Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive then was admitted as a

then was admitted as a pensioner to Trinity College

collapsed and died while walking near his home in New York

illustrating a lion and unicorn flanking a shield inscribed "ESTABLISHED 1881" coat-of-arms above

situated above the engraved and personalized signatures of members of the Staff of District West

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive then was admitted as a(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked with the micro version of the logo of Brder