Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive indicating Pioneer branch of the

indicating Pioneer branch of the Heer (Army)

Most of the estate is now owned by the Maharishi Academy of Total Knowledge

and the remnant of glue from previous display is visible on the reverse

the edge of the white enamelled star near each ball finial and near the center are lightly engraved

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive indicating Pioneer branch of the(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 flattened and rounded brass catch emanating from a plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of