Germany, Nsfk. A Rare Motor Pilot’s Badge, Type Iii Archive 3) Hessen Silver Merit Cross

3) Hessen Silver Merit Cross ribbon

Grand Cross Set of Insignia

with decals applied in between

dated "1916" and maker marked "CARON FRERES MONTREAL" on the reverse

Germany, Nsfk. A Rare Motor Pilot’s Badge, Type Iii Archive 3) Hessen Silver Merit Cross(NSFK Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen fr Motorflugzeugen). Instituted 1 May 1939 by Korpsfhrer Friedrich Christiansen. (1943 1945 issue). A rare National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK) Motor Pilots Badge, constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a NSKK insignia consisting of a stylized depiction of Icarus overlaid by a mobile swastika, with a German national eagle in mid flight set across the wreath over a