with Hourie later being transferred to the 43rd Infantry Battalion "Cameron Highlanders of Canada"
bearing a floral wreath of identical construction and pinned with a single silvered rank pip
reverse centre with blue cypher and ORDEN DE HONORY MERITO
one unmarked and the other maker marked “FR
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Buy Now with Hourie later being transferred(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak wreath with aluminum eagle, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 53. 16 mm (h), weighing 21.