Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed with a strong sense of

with a strong sense of comradery and organization

The inevitable happened a few minutes later

before being promoted to Captain Lieutenant and becoming Company Leader in the 5th Navy Artillery Detachment

which rests upon the lacquered black leather visor

Footnote: The medal was instituted on October 1

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed with a strong sense of(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