Luftwaffe Pilot Badge

[dante]

Have a chance to purchase from a dealer the attached, It has a crack were the right wing joins the body and has the name "W Hergert" scratched on it, thought please and value

[dante]

Have a chance to purchase from a dealer the attached, It has a crack were the right wing joins the body and has the name "W Hergert" scratched on it, thought please and value

[dante]

More photos

[dante]

More photos

The crack is just seen

[J Temple-West]

Hi Dante

The pictures are a little small but I can see no problems with the Assmann. A value... if you worked on ?450 you wouldn't be far off.

The name is interesting. If memory serves, there was an officer by the name of "Wilhelm Hergert" who held the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. It's worth asking if the badge comes with any paperwork.

[Bob Lyons]

This is the man:-

451 Hergert, Wilhelm Luftwaffe Major d.Res.I./NJG 4 11 Apr 1944

Bob

Edited March 15, 2007 by Bob Lyons

[Stogieman]

Concur with John. Rivets, catch, pin and maker mark seem consistent with known Assman originals I've handled over the years.

[1 NJG4]

Hello..I am interested to know the history of this badge--- how it was obtained, by whom, when, etc.

My cousin was Major Wilhelm Hergert commander of Group 1 NJG4 during the war. I believe it may be his.

Thank you.

[dante]

Hello..I am interested to know the history of this badge--- how it was obtained, by whom, when, etc.

My cousin was Major Wilhelm Hergert commander of Group 1 NJG4 during the war. I believe it may be his.

Thank you.

Please PM me and I will tell you what I can

[1 NJG4]

Please PM me and I will tell you what I can

My e-mail address is midwayoil67@yahoo.com

thank you unsure of what 'pm' me is sorry

[ERIC]

Amazing how this badge has held up condition-wise through the years - an earlier issued badge if you judge by the maker mark ('36-'38 style).

ERIC