Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude in Gold capital letters

in Gold capital letters

1915 and awarded to those who participated in the celebration ceremonies

the reverse with a flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

left-facing spread-winged eagle grasping a wreathed swastika in its talons insignia on the lid

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude in Gold capital letters(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Knigreich Bayern). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian state crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN (using the firms Type 4 design as examined