Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive with the company's downward pointing

with the company's downward pointing sword and interlocking HHS initials

the 99th Mounted Rifles

foldover locking clasp at the bottom

but typical cross by Deschler & Sohn

Instead of slots for voluntary donations

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive with the company's downward pointing(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge 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. 2 mm (w) x 52.