Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed 16 SFTS (Service Flying Training

16 SFTS (Service Flying Training School) in Hagersville

in other words the reserve of the reserve

First flown on 20 June 1908

the obverse of one with a gilded circular laurel leaf wreath with a central mobile swastika

on a cross pattée

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed 16 SFTS (Service Flying Training(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, with a central swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Gebrder Schneider, Wien, measuring 65. 81 mm (w) x 53. 37 mm (h), weighing 43. 4 grams, in near extremely fine condition.