Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 United Republic of 4 cm (w) x 15

4 cm (w) x 15 cm (h)

engraver marked "S" (Sedan) at the base of the bust

measuring 10 mm (w) x 16

they ran into a German roadblock

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 United Republic of 4 cm (w) x 15(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),