Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on its original wartime ribbon

on its original wartime ribbon

Cross with magnetic core and silver frame (marked 900)

indicating use by Gebirgsjäger (Mountain) troops

In his medical examination performed on January 8

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on its original wartime ribbon(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, affixed to a knurled pin, unmarked, measuring 20. 96 mm (w) x 32. 24 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.