An Early Aluminum Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge Hold The 3rd and 44th Battalions

The 3rd and 44th Battalions encountered heavy fighting and having achieved their objectives

1915 he began serving as platoon leader of the 39th Fusilier Regiment while holding the rank of Unteroffizier

and five Pips (silvered aluminum

and formalin became 'formamint'

Footnote: Joseph Wilson was born in Bedworth in the County of Warwick and enlisted at the age of nineteen in 1810 and served for five and half years in the Army

An Early Aluminum Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge Hold The 3rd and 44th BattalionsIn die struck aluminum, eagle patinated, weighs 13. 3 grams, period catch repair, in worn condition, unmarked; a very scarce Luftwaffe Pilots badge in aluminum.