Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, C. 1917 Auction L" (silvered bronze with dark

L" (silvered bronze with dark blue enamels

with a distinctive Croatian design

1918 - in die stamped silvered tombac

measuring 54 mm (w) x 78 mm (h)

A textbook example of an mid-war manufacture German “Nahrkampfspange”

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, C. 1917 Auction L" (silvered bronze with dark(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 66 mm (w) x 71. 40 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, with minor