Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot & Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold Class - in gilded bronze

Class - in gilded bronze

maker marked “RZM M1/70” (Franz Otto

with crossed swords added to the suspension

A 1934 Braune Messe hanau badge (17-25

on triangular period ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot & Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold Class - in gilded bronze(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a gilt 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 a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of