Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte certificate_of_authenticity Descending from the interior rim

Descending from the interior rim is a blackened leather neck guard featuring hidden earpieces for functionality during wear

before he embarked Bougainville for Townsville aboard the merchant ship SS Ormiston

with a medal extension consisting of two Royal crowns

numbered 11908

A 1936 NSDAP Kreistag Essen badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte certificate_of_authenticity Descending from the interior rim(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered 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 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 Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 64. 37 mm (w) x