5 wide slotted securing strap attached to a metal post immediately to the right
marked “ 800” (silver purity mark)
and two companies of the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery
Third Reich War Merit Cross II Class
reverse maker marked "J F S" (Josef Feix & Söhne
Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Pilot’s Badge Newly Listed 5 wide slotted securing strap(Luftstreitkrfte Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a small barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 54 mm (w) x 72. 90 mm (h), weighing 10. 7 grams, minor