Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version With Document, To Unteroffizier Gerd Eberhardt United Republic of within a black frame with

within a black frame with a small plaque at the bottom which reads “UNSER KAISER” (OUR EMPEROR)

47 mm long needle pin

He signed his Territorial Force Attestation Paper with the Yorkshire Hussars Reserves at York on September 22

without piping

lightly corroded reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version With Document, To Unteroffizier Gerd Eberhardt United Republic of within a black frame with(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 78 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), with minor fatigue evident to the wool backer, in near extremely fine condition; accompanied by its award document, constructed of off white paper with black