Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Auction Archive A 1939 National Socialist Flyers

A 1939 National Socialist Flyers Corps/Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (NSFK) Rhön Segelflugwettbewerb badge (23

measuring 215 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

becoming the last commander of the 5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking”

" and maker marked "L

emboss stamped "2

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Auction Archive A 1939 National Socialist Flyers(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 34 mm (w) x 52. 72