Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold then posted to Canadian Military

then posted to Canadian Military Headquarters

Grieve was posted to the Battleship H

Wrapped around the right shoulder strap and surplus black bakelite button is a period original General’s aiguillette

Oberleutnant: 16

constructed of aluminum and amber

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold then posted to Canadian Military(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by