Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 visually-hidden A Cased 1937 China Incident

A Cased 1937 China Incident Commemorative Medal - Bronze

neck badge

with a central silvered disc overlaid by a War Merit Cross with Swords

near Tacoma

with white (Weiß) Waffenfarbe piping along the straps

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 visually-hidden A Cased 1937 China Incident(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