Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold he was transferred to Ellington

he was transferred to Ellington Field

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

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

in Cambridge

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold he was transferred to Ellington(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,