Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold He served in the rank

He served in the rank of Specialist Fourth Class for thirty-two months as a Helicopter Door Gunner

(impressed inverted naming: 49 PTE NTHOMALI

measuring 116 mm (w) x 145 mm (l)

with the signatures of the Instructor and Surgeon Examiner

two with Six Ribbons

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold He served in the rank(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid,