Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff visually-hidden having been wounded and injured

having been wounded and injured in combat

two of which have an Overseas Bar

as well as a gilt sunwheel-style swastika

measuring 177 mm in length

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff visually-hidden having been wounded and injured(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted March 26th, 1936. A textbook example of a Pilots badge by this maker, constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a raised short barrel hinge, round wire vertical pinback, and a rightward opening