Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Bavarian Pilot’s Badge, Unofficial Issue, C. 1917 Hold measuring 52 mm (w) x

measuring 52 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)

69 mm (w) x 9

slightly smaller than average man’s size

featuring the signatures of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE

likely issued during The Austro-Prussian War of 1866

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Bavarian Pilot’s Badge, Unofficial Issue, C. 1917 Hold measuring 52 mm (w) x(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom ribbon, topped by a Bavarian royal crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 67. 82 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, a field made unofficial piece in near