Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge Hold Shortly afterward

Shortly afterward

topped by a royal crown and flanked by a date of “1914”

It bears protective reinforced leather bands

marked with a boar's head on the pin

raised platform with recessed medal bed in cherry red felt

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge Hold Shortly afterward(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of a silvered brass alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a raised central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 74. 58 mm (h), weighing 37. 8 grams, minor oxidation