maker marked “Wächtler & Lange
cockade in silvered zinc with a black painted base and red painted centre
ON VSECHNY HRUZY SLAVNE PREKONA" (My Dear Czech Nation
and with two prongs on reverse intact
He signed his Attestation Paper on May 21
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction maker marked “Wächtler & Lange(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, 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. 2 mm (w) x 52.