Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Unmarked Friedrich Linden Auction maker marked “RZM M9/32 -

maker marked “RZM M9/32 - G

LAUER NÜRNBERG BERLIN" on the reverse

two 25 mm wide smooth finished black leather straps with black painted metal single-claw buckles and securing loops stitched in place at the right end

1915 at West Sandling but reverted to the ranks at his own request on August 17th

Silver Merit Medal 1922

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Unmarked Friedrich Linden Auction maker marked “RZM M9/32 -(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 65. 70