Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider certificate_of_authenticity on an enameled blue background

on an enameled blue background

with a navy cover embossed with a sideways profile of the ship

born March 24

Hughes was transferred to the Army Reserve upon expiration of his three year period of Army Service

Orduna on October 27

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Schneider certificate_of_authenticity on an enameled blue background(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 50 mm