Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Officer-Grade Cloth Version Auction 65th FOOT)

65th FOOT)

with a date of “5

surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed VIRTUTI ET MERITO

Impregnable

A Miniature Danish Order of the Dannebrog - in Gold and enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Officer-Grade Cloth Version Auction 65th FOOT)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen fr Offiziere, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 65 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), demonstrating extensive mothing and material fatigue, in uniform removed and very fine condition.