Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Province of China Done at Paris

Done at Paris

late Pilotage Service and afterwards Royal Navy: as a result of the hardships endured by such men - Kennedy spent six seasons in Antarctica - the international whale conservation programme was set in motion

the reverse of each stitched with integral straps perforated with reinforced buttonholes

(Heer Bajonetten)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Province of China Done at Paris(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse affixed with a post manufacture black paper liner partially concealing a period original black cotton twill backer, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.