Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman

Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (November 29

measuring 29 mm (w) x 48 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally-pierced ball suspension

Limited access to the crossing points over the Dives River allowed counterattacks by the German 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion

Constructed of machine-embroidered silver threading on a dark grey threaded background

Canadian Forestry Corps at Carlisle on November 15th

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted March 26th, 1936. A textbook example of a Pilots badge by this maker, constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a raised short barrel hinge, round wire vertical pinback, and a rightward opening