thick polished blackened leather
Pinchess had four months' previous experience as a shipping clerk with Maritime Furriers in Halifax (September to December 1940) and listed his occupation as Student when he signed his RCAF Attestation Paper on January 8
WWII Italian Pilot Badge - Bronze gilt
iron core and silver frame (bottom marked “800”)
maker marked "Carl Halfar Berlin N20"
An Air Defence (Luftschutz) Medal; Second Class With Box Of Issue GTRexclude thick polished blackened leatherSilvered aluminum, 38. 8 mm, original ribbon with pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. In its box of issue, marked " "Luftschutz Enrenzeichen 2. Stufe" " on the lid, light soiling on the bottom, fabric overlaying the hinge is severed, box very fine. (C: 45)