Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By, C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Catching the Germans off guard

Catching the Germans off guard

a cigarette lighter

tab is also unmarked

The War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords followed on September 3

Schäfer changed companies twice

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By, C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Catching the Germans off guard(Pilotenabzeichen). Ttwo piece construction; oval wreath, in silvered tombac, with laurel wreaths towards the left side and oak leaves towards the right side, separated by three small ribbon like loops on the bottom, with a large patinated eagle (in tombac) with spread out wings superimposed on the wreath, clutching a swastika in its talons; two tombac rivets on the reverse; vertical needle style pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch;