Germany. An Early Quality Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of the Eastern Campaign Medal (September

the Eastern Campaign Medal (September 12

He left the Canadian Base Depot for his new unit on the 8th and joined them on the 9th

dated 1943 - Kopenhagen

and a side-view of a destroyer cutting through a wave

with maker’s mark/manufactured by Hoffstätter

Germany. An Early Quality Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of the Eastern Campaign Medal (SeptemberA fine early quality textbook example of a Pilotenabzeichen; two piece construction; silvered tombac oval wreath with laurel leaves towards the left side side, and oak leaves towards the right side of the wreath, separated by three small ribbon like loops on the bottom, with a large patinated eagle with spread out wings superimposed on the badge, clutching a swastika in its talons; two rivets on the reverse tightly holding the eagle on the wreath;