Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity engraver marked "OSKAR WITT -

engraver marked "OSKAR WITT - HAMBURG" along the bottom edge and marked with the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" insignia on the right side of the mountainous outcrop

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(Issued 1849-1918)

The tunic is marked on the interior with an inscription of “PO 1942”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity engraver marked "OSKAR WITT -(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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,