Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity before being sent to the

before being sent to the southern front to command South Ukraine Army Group (later renamed the Army Group Southeast)

around a white enameled disc bearing an inscription of “KREISSIEGER” (“REGIONAL VICTOR”) and a date of “1938”

Empress of Britain and shortly after his arrival in England

both badges near extremely fine

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity before being sent to the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a raised and narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid,