Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Buy Now DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S SERVICE

DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S SERVICE 2 JUNE 1942

plus 113 pages of black and white photographs placed at the back of the book (pages 597 to 711) illustrating various students

Footnote: The medal was instituted on September 12

wooden ribbed handle is extremely heavily lacquered in black

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Hollow-Stamped Brass Version, c. 1917 Buy Now DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S SERVICE(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a low set crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of variant documented in Aircrew Badges and Honor Prizes