Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold Naming has been shaved and

Naming has been shaved and un-officially re-engraved in capitals

In silvered and/or gilt bronze

5 mm (h) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

while the crown above has a Second Reich cockade with a painted black base incorporating a raised silvered ring and a red felt centre

around a central Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold Naming has been shaved and(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,