Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of With highly detailed aluminum fittings

With highly detailed aluminum fittings on the hilt

The five ventilation holes at the base of the spike and rear spine with ventilation shutter is indicative of a post 1895 manufactured pickelhaube

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the son of Arthur Sandford and Alice Sandford

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of With highly detailed aluminum fittings(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offizier). Constructed of a padded black wool backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf overlaid by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), moderate material fatigue is evident to the wire features, in otherwise fine condition.