Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider Province of China illustrating a strutting roaring lion

illustrating a strutting roaring lion standing upon a rock outcrop

a ceremony attended by numerous German

tarnishing evident on the obverse and edge

After four months

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider Province of China illustrating a strutting roaring lion(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 plate, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna,