Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed issued in 1895

issued in 1895

his air service totalling just under twenty-six years and was a resident of Montreal

3) A Verdun Cross ribbon with miniature crossed swords

where the Canadians suffered one hundred casualties

along with a short blackened leather visor stitched to the front

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed issued in 1895(Pilotenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, of two piece construction, consisting of a laurel and oak wreath tied together at the base via three ribbons, with a large eagle clutching a mobile swastika superimposed on the badge, the reverse plain, with two rivets securing the eagle to the wreath, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked on reverse with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 64.