constructed of fine golden yellow BeVo style machine embroidery in the form of the standard Reichsbahn eagle with outstretched wings clutching a swastika and “RVD Kiew” in matching embroidery directly below the eagle
with draw string tie at reverse
Unteroffizier (NCO) Friedrich Schrader of the Flieger-Abteilung (A) 257 (Aviation Detachment) is awarded the Pilot’s Badge
" and noted that his brother was also with the RCAF and that his father had served with the RAF during the First World War
Court-mounted with dual push pins
Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive constructed of fine golden yellow(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44. 63 mm (w) x 45. 03 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, on loop for suspension from its period