Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity the obverse with a raised

the obverse with a raised central W

center disk on reverse damaged with pin missing

he returned to the United States aboard the troopship USAT (United States Army Transport) St

Bronze on mauve ribbon

officially engraved with the date "9

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by OM certificate_of_authenticity the obverse with a raised(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 eagle to the obverse, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked OM for a well documented but unidentified manufacturer, measuring 61. 26 mm