"The Glider Pilot Badge" by Stijn David Auction signature of the Deputy Governor

signature of the Deputy Governor at the top

" in the medal bed)

50 mm x 70

marked with designer Adolf Bock and manufacturer Schwerin

with a silver gilt center inscribed in blue enamels

"The Glider Pilot Badge" by Stijn David Auction signature of the Deputy GovernorThe Glider Pilot Badge is among the rarest of all the qualification badges of the Luftwaffe of the Third Reich. Information about the badge has been almost as scarce as genuine examples of the award itself until now. Here for the first time is a comprehensive collection of such information. Not only are all of the currently known varieties of the badge itself illustrated and described in clear detail, but also included are an overall history of the