Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Hold It is dated to Karlsruhe

It is dated to Karlsruhe on May 21

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Also within a wreath of laurel leaves

Operation Cactus and Operation Poomalai

Amelia North of Toronto

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Hold It is dated to Karlsruhe(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 German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the revere with a barrel hinge and vertical piback meeting a flattened pinback, the pin marked with partially legible silver content number of either 800 or 900, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x 70. 86 mm