Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed this time to the 38th

this time to the 38th Battalion in the French theatre on August 20th

is a photograph marked "X" on which I identify a member of the Staff

Published in Military Antiques and Collectibles by Victor Taborika on page 207

Footnote: Frederick William Mayes was born on April 9

This is a typical machine woven (BeVo) example in silver thread over black rayon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed this time to the 38th(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 64 mm (w) x 52. 77 mm (h), weighing