Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive George V (106357 A/SGT

George V (106357 A/SGT

circumscribed by the inscription “ Zur Ehre Des Vaterlandes

concealed within a period black painted frame with an intact glass face

indentation to reverse centrepiece medallion

the strap with three reinforced holes for length adjustment

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive George V (106357 A/SGT(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian royal crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, above a mark of SILBER, measuring 45. 63 mm (w) x 74. 21 mm (h),