Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive from July 17 to August

from July 17 to August 2

/ I have the honour to send to you herewith the Warrant under the King's Sign Manual granting you the dignity of a Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

issued in the name of “HARRY THIES”

on its original full-length neck badge

inset with dual insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive from July 17 to August(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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 obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by