Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Auction Honour Badge for Merit of

Honour Badge for Merit of the Republic of Austria: in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

traces of enamels remains

it is clearly worn with sweat soiling

and sporadic fatigue to the Moroccan leather and hanger strap

5 mm (h) x 74

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Auction Honour Badge for Merit of(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 55 mm (w) x 71. 72 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, with minor loss of finish evident,