Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Franz Ritschl: WMC 2nd class

Franz Ritschl: WMC 2nd class w/Swords

with flayed medal bed and general stained exterior

repair patch sewn along the top edge

unstitched and measuring 425 mm (l)

the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron ceased to exist as a separate entity and became a squadron of the newly-created I Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of Franz Ritschl: WMC 2nd class(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33