Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed addressed on the end panel

addressed on the end panel to his mother and dated "23 April"

New Brunswick on June 22nd

Schöpke earned the Iron Cross

remain in near extremely fine condition

with an iron cross featuring a red cross and the inscription Vaterlandischer Frauenverein Provinzialverein Berlin 1914

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed addressed on the end panel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Bolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 64. 58 mm