Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive measuring 83 mm (w) x

measuring 83 mm (w) x 68 mm (h)

1 September 1876 in Leipzig) on 13 July 1933

marked near base of catch with Austro-Hungarian 1872-1922 silver purity mark of 800/1000 and partial makers mark for Rudolf Souval

1915 in Brooklyn

Type II (1772-1975)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Archive measuring 83 mm (w) x(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 50 mm