Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Unmarked Friedrich Linden GTRexclude while aboard the Liberty Class

while aboard the Liberty Class cargo ship SS Kyle V

Crossguard with quillon and pommel exhibits scattered wear spots and contact marks in the nickel plating

A propaganda leaflet emphasising the life in New York that American G

late war period

Footnote: This badge was given to those who donated to the Deutsche Jugendvolk organization (precursor to the HJ)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Unmarked Friedrich Linden GTRexclude while aboard the Liberty Class(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 65. 70