Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed age residue in the recessed

age residue in the recessed areas

All but one of the B-25s ran out of fuel before reaching their recovery airfields in China and as a result

fine quality slender badge

placed in between DAF symbols

the reverse is plain and is marked BB&B STERLING

Germany, Federal Republic. A NSFK Free Balloon Badge, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Examples, c. 1970 Newly Listed age residue in the recessed(Abzeichen fr Freiballonfhrer). Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath with a large centrally superimposed balloon and a NSFK insignia consisting of a winged Icarus and a mobile swastika at the top of the badge, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 45. 3 mm (w) x 60. 1 mm (l), in near mint condition. Footnote: Rudolf Souval was a predominant