Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Auction Archive " Pearce received a congratulatory

" Pearce received a congratulatory letter from the General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Fourteenth Army

the brigade now becoming the army reserve

Footnote: The Franz Joseph Order was founded by Kaiser Franz Josef on December 2

The Battalion landed between 0100 and 0130 hours on June 6th

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Auction Archive " Pearce received a congratulatory(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 72 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), with minor soiling evident, in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.