Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed in postcard format and with

in postcard format and with a handwritten inscription indicating that the aircraft was damaged over Nova Vas and made an emergency landing in a lake near Doberdo

Footnote: The Rudolf Diesel Medal is an award by the German Institute for Inventions in Nuremburg (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen [de]

being cared for in the ophthalmology ward

Special Reserve was awarded the Military Cross

and some verdigris to the bronze elements

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed in postcard format and with(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak wreath with aluminum eagle, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 53. 16 mm (h), weighing 21.