Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, with Recipient Photograph, c. 1918
(Flugzeugführerabzeichen). 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, in near extremely fine condition, accompanied by a photograph of the recipient, depicted in a flight suit and standing beside a biplane, printed period Agfa-Brovira paper and measuring 13 cm (w) x 17.5 cm (h) and set within a period frame, in near extremely fine condition.