Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity A First War 1st Depot

A First War 1st Depot Battalion

as earlier Pilot's badges were of superior quality

un-slotted dress bayonet

The front is completed by a vertical row of five large black painted pebbled metal buttons on the right side

trimmed by green piping

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity A First War 1st Depot(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 50 mm (w) x