A First War Prussian Pilot’s Badge By P Meybauer Of Berlin Hold on black base

on black base

measuring 101x143mm

in gilded metal (magnetic)

Hamburg: Hanseaten Cross (silvered bronze and enamels

A First War Prussian Pilot’s Badge By P Meybauer Of Berlin Hold on black baseA fine example of a Prussian Pilots (Flugzeugfhrer) badge; in stamped silvered brass; hollow; with fine details; standard pilots badge motive within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves; a bow on the bottom of the wreath, ordained by the Prussian crown at the top; maker marked on the reverse of the crown with the stylized maker mark of P. Meybauer, Berlin; vertical slender pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch; breather hole