Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of A Luftwaffe Officer Visor Wreath

A Luftwaffe Officer Visor Wreath and Eagle  -Wreath with Cockade in machine stitched aluminum bullion wire with light gray thread highlights

both of his parents originally from Mexico

measuring 48 mm

measuring 105 mm (w) x 60 mm (h)

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon affixed to a padded red wool backer with horizontal pinback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of A Luftwaffe Officer Visor Wreath(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by