Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction Although he had a record

Although he had a record on being Absent Without Leave

as he was struck off strength at Witley on May 23rd and transferred on proceeding overseas with the 19th Infantry Battalion in the French theatre on May 25

Forty-four days would elapse before Private Carson was transferred to the 15th Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

with a strap sewn in place on the underside of the left collar

1941 (Issued 1941-1943)

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction Although he had a record(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of C. E.