Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity center disk on reverse damaged

center disk on reverse damaged with pin missing

loosening of the blade’s stem within the hilt

the obverse with a raised central W

he returned to the United States aboard the troopship USAT (United States Army Transport) St

the silvering on the award extremely well preserved

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity center disk on reverse damaged(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). 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 eagle to the obverse, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked OM for a well documented but unidentified manufacturer, measuring 61. 26 mm