Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive on its original full-length neck

on its original full-length neck badge

/ 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”

inset with dual insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive on its original full-length neck(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