Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Auction published by the Museum Restoration

published by the Museum Restoration Service of Bloomfield

the hanger has lost most of its finish and the reverse demonstrates cracking of the arrow insignia

(Joseph Goebbels Foto mit Unterschrift)

Includes: Order of Military Merit Cross with Red Distinction (War Service)

in the 1860s

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Auction published by the Museum Restoration(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