His records state “shrapnel bullet imbedded in back of tibia just below knee joint
very fine condition with slight soiling from age
39mm (l) without band and weighs a total of 178
while the blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked "H
A Deutsches Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front/DAF) cap badge
Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, c. 1955 Newly Listed His records state “shrapnel bullet(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian state crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a vertical pinback fixed through an oval plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of badges produced in the Federal Republic era for veteran replacement,