Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity one of which is addressed

one of which is addressed to his mother

circumscribed “MIT GOTT FVER KOENIG VND VATERLAND” (German - With God for King and Fatherland)

and numerous signatures (presumably

The front is completed by a vertical row of three large silvered buttons on the right side

8 mm (w) x 56 mm (h - inclusive of suspension and horizontally pierced ball)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity one of which is addressed(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and 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 eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of