Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a fine pebbled background

on a fine pebbled background

Bronze Grade  - In die stamped feinzink

our Troop being blown to bit

A labour book for metal worker apprentice Wilhelm Kneip

Footnote: Captain Francis (Frank) Klenavic

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a fine pebbled background(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 65. 15 mm