Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel

the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron ceased to exist as a separate entity and became a squadron of the newly-created I Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment

A Reserve Long Service Decoration Bar (Landwehr Dienstauszeichenungen)

repair patch sewn along the top edge

1944 and was a party member since 1943

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33