Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version For Enlisted Personnel And Ncos consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac USS Herring’s eighth war patrol

USS Herring’s eighth war patrol was to be both her most successful and her last

and Victory Medal CAPT

Had she then made no allowance for the hot tide which carried her on

contained within very rare LDO case of issue (case good very fine)

high quality plaque

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version For Enlisted Personnel And Ncos consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac USS Herring’s eighth war patrol(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a partial blackened liner, unmarked, measuring 72 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), some soiling is visible to the obverse thread possibly consistent with an adhesive or tape remnants, in very fine condition.