Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Österreich-Ungarn Patriotisch Abzeichen)

(Österreich-Ungarn Patriotisch Abzeichen)

an envelope and matching letter

issued on 13 March 1943 for a single wound suffered on 12 August 1942

with only few minor dents

crazing and chipping in the white enamels on the arms at 10 and 12 o'clock on both sides

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Österreich-Ungarn Patriotisch Abzeichen)(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and gilded 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 two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of