Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude on a loop for suspension

on a loop for suspension - marked “Ferdinand Hoffstätter”

at Lachine

the obverse bearing a central black mobile swastika

one kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden GTRexclude on a loop for suspension(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid,