Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version GTRexclude (NSDAP Jugend): In stamped fire

(NSDAP Jugend): In stamped fire gilt bronze

the bell free of chipping and crazing

while under intense mortar fire

he was again declared "sick" on March 27 until April 12

Large Note Written in English and Japanese (handwritten inscriptions in black ink in both languages

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version GTRexclude (NSDAP Jugend): In stamped fire(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offizier). Constructed of a padded black wool backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf overlaid by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), moderate material fatigue is evident to the wire features, in otherwise fine condition.