Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude LEWELLYN engraved on reverse

LEWELLYN engraved on reverse

49 mm x 42

Flying Officer Copeland and the surviving Flying Officer Marceau were all awarded Operational Wings for gallant service in action against the enemy and for courageously having completed thirty missions or more

IC magnetic

this good example exhibits a nickel crossguard

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude LEWELLYN engraved on reverse(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. Constructed of silvered and patinated tombac, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 59 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm (h), weighing 44. 2 grams, and in overall