Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed Special Reserve was awarded the

Special Reserve was awarded the Military Cross

with two hooks on the reverse for cap attachment

being cared for in the ophthalmology ward

Footnote: The Rudolf Diesel Medal is an award by the German Institute for Inventions in Nuremburg (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen [de]

In the interwar period

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed Special Reserve was awarded the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak wreath with aluminum eagle, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 53. 16 mm (h), weighing 21.