Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive the strap with three reinforced

the strap with three reinforced holes for length adjustment

indentation to reverse centrepiece medallion

with lots of gilding and silvering remaining

suspended from a cord as worn

Exeter city mark

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive the strap with three reinforced(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian royal crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, above a mark of SILBER, measuring 45. 63 mm (w) x 74. 21 mm (h),