Pilots badge info needed please !!!!

[Kevin V.]

Hi guys I am willing to sell this very small lot of a fighter pilot on e-stand who was shot down above the Channel in 1942 and I would like to get a fair price on the pilots badge!! Could anyone help me with the value!!! I thought it would be around 700 euro but I could be wrong!!!
Let me know, thanks Kevin

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[Jeff V]

hi Kevin, That is a GWL pilot/observer badge not just a pilot. Now it is not in the best condition but does have provenance so I would say that 700.00 euroes is way low. Probably closer to 2000.00 euros. best wishes,
jeff

[Adrian]

Did the badge belong to the guy in the photo?
I may be completely offline here but his collar tabs look more like flak to me?

[Kevin V.]

hi Kevin, That is a GWL pilot/observer badge not just a pilot. Now it is not in the best condition but does have provenance so I would say that 700.00 euroes is way low. Probably closer to 2000.00 euros. best wishes,
jeff

Thanks Jeff for your honesty!!! I did not know the value at all!!! I will probably try and sell it then for around 2000 euro!!! It originally came with a visor but it was stolen at the Ciney show about a year ago!!!

[Kevin V.]

Did the badge belong to the guy in the photo?
I may be completely offline here but his collar tabs look more like flak to me?

Hi Adrian, I got the picture, pilots badge, a copy of the familienstammbuch (original still in family), and visor cap all together as a present directly from the family!! Her sister was married to this pilot!!! It is Kurt Kr******251;ger for sure as I have seen other pics that are still in family but does that explain the collar tabs?

Sincerely

[Tim Calvert]

Kevin,

Very nice, but you'd better check the color around the pin and hinge. If it's silver and not gold, it's most likely a pilot's badge, not a P/O.

Do you have any unit info or details?

Tim

[Jeff V]

Tim is right. I am basing my value on a P/O rather than a pilot badge. I was looking at the reverse of the eagle which looks quite silver in color instead of the chocalate brown color of the pilot badge. If it turns out to be a pilot badge the value will be lower, say around 1100 euros. best wishes,
jeff

[Koen P]

Hi Kevin,

IMO it's a GWL Pilot's badge and not a 'doppelabzeichen'.
As you know I had this badge in my hands a several times and I don't think there's any gold on the wreath...
But still it's a superb badge and a nice addition to any collection!!

Koen

[VonStigler1]

I've been waiting for a nice GWL..............