motto surround DIEU MA PATRIE ET MON EPEE
Hugh Raymond Willis-O'Connor later married Margaret Marise "Jackie" Bishop (1926-2013)
Due to Rommel’s Afrika Korps early in the war
mounted on a full length of correct but modern neck ribbon
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction motto surround DIEU MA PATRIE(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. Constructed of silvered and patinated tombac, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 59 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm (h), weighing 44. 2 grams, and in overall