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Luftwaffe Pilot Qualification Badge, officially instituted on 26 March 1936 by Hermann Göring. It was awarded to airmen who had successfully completed their training and obtained their military pilot’s licence.
The badge features an eagle with outstretched wings holding a swastika in its talons, surrounded by an oval wreath of oak and laurel leaves. It is machine-embroidered in white and grey cotton threads on a blue-grey wool backing. Its approximate dimensions are 70 × 55 mm.
Hand-embroidered versions using aluminium thread were worn mainly by officers, while machine-embroidered examples were intended for enlisted men and non-commissioned officers, as represented by this example.
These cloth badges were worn on the Luftwaffe flying tunic (Fliegerbluse). Their production was officially discontinued on 8 May 1942, although existing examples continued to be worn until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
Original period Luftwaffe Pilot Badge, machine-embroidered cloth version for enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.
