Germany, NSFK. A Rare Glider Badge certificate_of_authenticity in bronzed lightly vaulted zink

in bronzed lightly vaulted zink

as an Aircraftman 2nd Class

The headliner is attached to an interior rail that is attached to the helmet itself via four rivets

an oak leaf wreath lays in the quadrants between the cross arms

increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II

Germany, NSFK. A Rare Glider Badge certificate_of_authenticity in bronzed lightly vaulted zink(NSFK Segelfliegerabzeichen). Instituted 26 January 1942 by Friedrich Christiansen. (1942 1945). Constructed of silvered iron with enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (National Socialist Flyers Corps NSFK) insignia, overlaid by three white enameled gulls, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,