Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed with neck ribbon inside a

with neck ribbon inside a ribbon slot

slit in the fabric of the hinged area

cloth version

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Footnote: William Richard Dobbin Wilkes was born on August 8

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed with neck ribbon inside a(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. Constructed of silvered and patinated tombac, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 59 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm (h), weighing 44. 2 grams, and in overall