overall the gilding on the Minesweeper badge has worn off but the silvering is well preserved
with “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2
Miniature Group: 1914-15 Star (bronze
measuring 279 mm long with straps 23 mm in width
as well as a nick in the leather of the scabbard
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Gebrüder Schneider United Republic of overall the gilding on the(Pilotenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, of two piece construction, consisting of a laurel and oak wreath tied together at the base via three ribbons, with a large eagle clutching a mobile swastika superimposed on the badge, the reverse plain, with two rivets securing the eagle to the wreath, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked on reverse with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 64.