Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by Brüder Schneider visually-hidden LÜDENSCHEID” with a manufacture date

LÜDENSCHEID” with a manufacture date of “1937”

and Documents of Senior Lieutenant Hans Schröer This is a very fine collection consisting of three parts

the cap measures approximately 260 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 160 mm (h)

North Africa from 1941 to 1943

the back re-stencilled over the original position and appearing double-stencilled

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by Brüder Schneider visually-hidden LÜDENSCHEID” with a manufacture date(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 eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, featuring a full makers mark of BRDER SCHNEIDER A. G. WIEN which has been