Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed before being promoted to Captain

before being promoted to Captain Lieutenant and becoming Company Leader in the 5th Navy Artillery Detachment

he was reduced to the ranks and forfeited eight days pay and allowances for being absent

with a few specks and nicks in the etched pattern

Footnote: Patrick Hale was born on February 20

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed before being promoted to Captain(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered tombac, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flattened tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely