Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Republic of the reverse retaining a period

the reverse retaining a period depot label

location identified

demonstrating some flecking and a fine crack to the enamels

Lance and Bayonet - A Record of the Arms of the British Army & Navy"

A 1936 SA 2

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Republic of the reverse retaining a period(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a low set crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of variant documented in Aircrew Badges and Honor Prizes