Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was instituted

Footnote: The medal was instituted on October 1

but Ferdinand was still not satisfied

with a few specks and nicks in the etched pattern

Footnote: Patrick Hale was born on February 20

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was instituted(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered tombac, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flattened tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely