Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Newly Listed edge nicks on the mounting

edge nicks on the mounting board

Board mounted with pin back

having shiny bullion highlights that partially follow the shape of the wings and then follow the birds body and tail feathering as well as its talons

MacKay said

the hoist edge featuring two integrated attachment loops

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Newly Listed edge nicks on the mounting(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),