Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Dinnebier Nachf

Dinnebier Nachf

An example of a 1918-1919 issue Commemorative Karinthia Cross

and that he was buried with military honours on the soldier cemetery in Mangiennes

the obverse consisting of a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

named to Feldwebel Ernst Kleist (according to the stamped Feldpost number

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Dinnebier Nachf(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked BRDER SCHNEIDER A. G., WIEN, measuring 64. 62 mm (w) x 53. 40 mm (h), weighing 36. 4 grams, accompanied by its