Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed in January 1880

in January 1880

missing its medal bed insert

He displayed it to the full at Ridley College

and he was in the process of finishing the second part at the time of his death in London in August 1886 - the proofs were later corrected by his elder daughter

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider Newly Listed in January 1880(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 50 mm