Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot’s Badge Buy Now a 1961 Marburg meeting badge

a 1961 Marburg meeting badge

marked on left and right reverse arms with “жм” indicating construction of metal alloy

mainly active in the Eastern Front

printed in black ink with typeset text

the interior with a further black ink inscription of “DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN” and a partially-obscured Russian Cyrillic inscription

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot’s Badge Buy Now a 1961 Marburg meeting badge(Znachka na pilota). Instituted in 1921. (1930s issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a large eagle with open wings topped by a Hungarian Royal Crown and a superimposed B, the reverse offers a horizontal pin, maker mark on base denoting a crowned AB, measuring approximately 61. 2 mm (w) x 27. 2 mm (l), weighing 9. 33 grams, notable gilt wear, pin clasp slightly closed, very fine. Footnote: This first pattern, pre Third Reich pilot