Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge By Om Hold Soon after he would join

Soon after he would join the Asheville-class gunboat USS Asheville (PG-21) for service in the Pacific theater

hallmarked twice with maker’s mark of French manufacturer A

23 mm (w) x 25

An American Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor

with typical ball finials for attachment

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge By Om Hold Soon after he would join(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 eagle displaying the distinctive characteristics of design by OM, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker