Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude Stitched onto the upper right

Stitched onto the upper right breast flap is an additional insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Stamped onto the flap just above the pocket is a black ink NVA depot mark

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 28879 of Tuesday

an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label is stitched to the cap underneath the sweatband

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude Stitched onto the upper right(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing an engraved owners name of WILLI REIBER, 14. 2. 17, measuring 45. 16 mm (w) x 70. 24 mm (h),