Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude Shell is marked "Si66"

Shell is marked "Si66"

flying over 705 combat missions during the Spanish Civil War

Medal measures 39mm

In hospital about 4 months

7 Canadian Field Ambulance on October 19

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude Shell is marked "Si66"(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laure and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping patinated Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 63.