Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Constructed of a white cotton/linen

Constructed of a white cotton/linen blend

Footnote: The Order of the Liberator has a long and convoluted history that began with the creation of the Order of the Liberators of Venezuela by Simon Bolivar on October 22

Air gunners badge with lightening bolts

A 1932 Kyffhäuser 4

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Constructed of a white cotton/linen(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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 50 mm (w) x