Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon affixed to a padded red wool backer with horizontal pinback

Constructed of lead

CARLOS BARON MALDONADO" (Aeronautical Merit / Lieutenant Colonel D

both of his parents originally from Mexico

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of on loop for suspension from(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by