Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Sew-On Version, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a SA-style German

topped by a SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A protruding cardboard-reinforced visor completes the exterior features

a 1938 Northeim veteran’s badge

The form of the insignia was changed to its current design in 1948 and this example is of the first type

Still under concentrated fire

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Sew-On Version, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a SA-style German(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, perforated with eight eyelets for sew on attachment, unmarked, measuring 45. 15 mm (w) x 71. 46 mm (h), weighing 11. 2 grams, demonstrating all of the characteristics of late period veteran