Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive rosette and silvered palm on

rosette and silvered palm on an original ribbon

/ I have the honour to send to you herewith the Warrant under the King's Sign Manual granting you the dignity of a Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

and his faithful and thorough search is worthy of great praise

inset with dual insignia

measuring 246x369mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive rosette and silvered palm on(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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 obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by