Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 6, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gilt wear on the obverse

gilt wear on the obverse and edge

12 November 1943)

Silver badge

and it was primarily issued to the 1s SS-Panzer-Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”

5 mm (h) inclusive of its anchor bearing star and laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 6, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac gilt wear on the obverse(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 position, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 6 badge produced by Friedrich