Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider Province of China After four months

After four months

with minor tearing and material fatigue evident in addition to vertical and horizontal folding creases

illustrating a strutting roaring lion standing upon a rock outcrop

tarnishing evident on the obverse and edge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider Province of China After four months(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna,