Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Hold with prongs

with prongs

218 mm x 297 mm x 24 mm in depth

marked "Friedrichsdorf" below the photo

For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches

’ Thomas Shannon was born in Montreal on 20 January 1893

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte Hold with prongs(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the 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 62. 34 mm (w) x 52. 72