An Early Deutsche Luft Hansa (Dlh) Pilot Badge Archive A Luftwaffe-Luftschutz Cloth Side Cap

A Luftwaffe-Luftschutz Cloth Side Cap Insignia - Machine woven Luftschutz emblem in white threads on a Luftschutz blue-grey rayon

from 1806 until 1922

additional 50 mm x 55 mm dual slotted leather patch slipped over the tab

55 General Hospital in Boulogne

An Early Deutsche Luft Hansa (Dlh) Pilot Badge Archive A Luftwaffe-Luftschutz Cloth Side CapGold coloured bullion wire, in various textures, interlaced with black threading and giving definition to the wings, black felt in the centrepiece, on a black wool base, black paper covering the forest green cotton mesh backer, 53 mm x 105 mm, scattered discolouration and fraying evident in the bullion, overall dissipation of the paper backer, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of the late author of Eagles Recalled, Warren Carroll.