Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction as it was now thirteen

as it was now thirteen months after his experience at Ypres: "This man was 15 months (personal recollection) in France

a studio portrait of Heinrich Himmler

Towards the end of the year he was redeployed to the 3rd Company of Landesschützen Battalion 847 with which he stayed until early April of 1945

the top and rear trimmed in red embroidered piping on both sides

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction as it was now thirteen(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 48 mm (w) x 53. 86 mm (h), weighing 33. 2 grams,