Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Type 7, by Friedrich Linden Auction 8 mm (w) x 10

8 mm (w) x 10 mm ribbon bar with dual push pins

screwpost broken off but both pins intact)

continuing to work for the foreign office as Acting British Vice-Consul at Kovno

published by The Naval and Military Press of Dallington

the lid bearing a silvered inscription of “FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR KAMPFFLIEGER SILBER”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Type 7, by Friedrich Linden Auction 8 mm (w) x 10(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 one of two intact rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 7 badge