Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Buy Now He was placed on command

He was placed on command to the 1st Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on May 13

Footnote: From the collection of Carsten Baldes

A Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland (National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands) event badge commemorating the occasion of the Limburg Volksdag of the National Socialist Movement on 5 September 1936

The Order may be awarded to both men (Knight) and women (Dame)

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Buy Now He was placed on command(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a central depiction of a Taube monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 93 mm (w) x 71. 63