Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, c. 1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon affixed to a parade mount with a horizontal pinback

Non-Combatant issue

obverse illustrating an Army soldier and a Navy sailor standing on either side of a coat-of-arms

Douglas C-54 aircraft were added to the operation in the fall of 1944 for further efficiency

Rigging and other topics pertaining to the operation of an aircraft

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, c. 1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on loop for suspension from(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 vertical pinback fixed through an oval plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of badges produced in the Federal Republic era for veteran replacement,