Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed (Reichsluftschutzbund = RLB): Navy blue

(Reichsluftschutzbund = RLB): Navy blue and white embroidered insignia on blue cotton

and to Obergefreiter (Gefreiter) on February 1

He was placed on command to the 1st Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on May 13

a studio portrait of a Weimar-era Officer wearing a DRL Sports Badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed (Reichsluftschutzbund = RLB): Navy blue(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver with gilt, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff,