Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Buy Now (SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)

(SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)

Stanislas (GOLD and enamels

He was placed on command to the 1st Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on May 13

Footnote: From the collection of Carsten Baldes

50 mm (w) x 14

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Buy Now (SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a central depiction of a Taube monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 93 mm (w) x 71. 63