then posted to the Casualty Company on March 19th
when it was placed under papal control by Pope Pius IX
stickpin also near extremely fine
some gilt worn off due to age
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of then posted to the Casualty(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, 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. 64 mm (w) x 52. 77 mm (h), weighing