Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude I opened fire at 150

I opened fire at 150 yds with 10º deflection and saw strikes all around the engine and cockpit

awarded posthumously to Grenadier August Kröger

Footnote: The Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York (VCASNY) is an American historic militia organization founded at the end of the American Revolutionary War for the purpose of preventing another British invasion of New York City

1960 and is awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States

Yet he was no stranger to the military at this point

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude I opened fire at 150(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 34 mm (w) x 52. 72