Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Carlman KONIGL

Carlman KONIGL

Includes: tunic and breeches

constructed of grained wooden base

Karolina Kaipf (Oskar’s mother)

primarily a home defence organization for Western Canada

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed Carlman KONIGL(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted March 26th, 1936. A textbook example of a Pilots badge by this maker, constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a raised short barrel hinge, round wire vertical pinback, and a rightward opening