Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pin and rivets in tombac

pin and rivets in tombac

Footnote: The 1st Special Service Force (also called The Devil's Brigade

Footnote: Lieutenant Michel Rousseau was flying with Captain Louis Pierron in a Farman aircraft

constructed of a black-painted wooden frame

the two tags joined together via rope)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pin and rivets in tombac(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