Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Buy Now Part three involved the boat

Part three involved the boat crossing the North Sea and negotiating the passage between the Faroe and Shetland Islands into the Atlantic Ocean

bearing a floral wreath of identical construction and pinned with a single silvered rank pip

with Hourie later being transferred to the 43rd Infantry Battalion "Cameron Highlanders of Canada"

with a faux white leather interior lid liner stamped “LDO” for Leistungsgemeinschaft Deutscher Ordenhersteller (Guild of German Awards Manufacturers)

a central five point star is superimposed within a white enamel ring inscribed ЗА СЛУЖБУ РОДИНЕ В ВС СССР (For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Buy Now Part three involved the boat(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.