Germany, Federal Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1964 during the Vietnam War

1964 during the Vietnam War

I went back to the stack of rice straw

suspended from a hollow enameled gilt crown

the reverse centre also in silver gilt featuring a red and blue enameled medallion with the inscription DE 14 DE FEBRERO DE 1879 A 7 DE JUNIO DE 1880 (From February 14

all three lugs are intact but the two at the bottom have been pinched

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, 1957 Version Newly Listed 1964 during the Vietnam War(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, unmarked, measuring 65. 53 mm (w) x 53. 34 mm (h), weighing 43. 4 grams,