Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Brosche für die Ehrenjungfrauen anlässlich

(Brosche für die Ehrenjungfrauen anlässlich der Krönung König Wilhelm I)

maker marked CEJ” on the reverse

tips of bottom cross arm slightly bent

Accompanied by a copy of the listing from the London Gazette 5592 of June 3

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Brosche für die Ehrenjungfrauen anlässlich(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). 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,