Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive marked "S" on the edge

marked "S" on the edge of the lower arm

due to heart failure

The borders of the Maltese cross are constructed of woven intertwined embroidery on three sides of each arm of the cross

with three brown plastic buttons on the outside

" It left me with real sad memories thinking about my wife whom I married just two weeks before I left for overseas

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive marked "S" on the edge(Luftwaffe Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on 12. 10. 1935 by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1935 1945). Constructed of silvery gray machine embroidery; the obverse consisting of a laurel and oak wreath, with an eagle superimposed on the front clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, on a dark gray wool backer, unpadded, measuring 76 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), with light to moderate mothing, in good condition.