Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Cloth Version Auction fasces below

fasces below

The collar is flanked by lapel pins each composed of a bronzed chrysanthemum with a blue-enamelled centre over a silvered circle

arriving in Sumatra just after the Royal Air Force evacuation of Singapore and was placed in command of Bomber Squadrons in Sumatra and Java

the report declared that he was "Unfit for any service for two months"

following by a posting later that month to the Cruiser Essex on April 23rd

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Cloth Version Auction fasces below(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Stoffausfhrung). A machine embroidered badge in the form of a stylized, spread winged eagle in flight clutching a mobile swastika, in dark grey thread, surrounded by an oval wreath with laurel leaves to the left and oak leaves to the right, in silver coloured thread, all on a Luftwaffe blue grey wool base, measuring 68 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), and in very fine condition.