"The Glider Pilot Badge" by Stijn David consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and while on leave

and while on leave

he served as a Major in the 51st Sikhs

A 1934 Rhön-Klub Hünfeld badge

the CVSM and WM are un-named as issued

"The Glider Pilot Badge" by Stijn David consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and while on leaveThe Glider Pilot Badge is among the rarest of all the qualification badges of the Luftwaffe of the Third Reich. Information about the badge has been almost as scarce as genuine examples of the award itself until now. Here for the first time is a comprehensive collection of such information. Not only are all of the currently known varieties of the badge itself illustrated and described in clear detail, but also included are an overall history of the