Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity Bronze on mauve ribbon

Bronze on mauve ribbon

officially engraved with the date "9

center disk on reverse damaged with pin missing

loosening of the blade’s stem within the hilt

A Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity Bronze on mauve ribbon(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 two visible rivets securing the eagle to the obverse, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked OM for a well documented but unidentified manufacturer, measuring 61. 26 mm