Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive collapsed and died while walking

collapsed and died while walking near his home in New York

And I the said Warren Hastings Sands for myself

textbook example by maker “J

situated above the engraved and personalized signatures of members of the Staff of District West

’s arrival in Nuremberg for the Reichsparteitag

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Issue, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive collapsed and died while walking(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked with the micro version of the logo of Brder