Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden Hold He suffered a fractured skull

He suffered a fractured skull and concussion of the brain and remained unconscious until he passed away from his injuries two days later on the 24th

77 mm x 92 mm

45th Battalion

Footnote: George Milne Atkinson was born July 16

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden Hold He suffered a fractured skull(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich