Original Rare 1920’s U.S. Navy Airship Pilot Insignia Attributed to Chief Aviation Pilot Stanley R. Soulby, Pilot of Dirigibles USS Macon, Akron & Shenandoah Ancient The frame has some simple

The frame has some simple engravings around the markings

Overall length is 10 1/4 inches with a 5 3/4 inch blade

on both the can (twice) and the mask neck strap

indicating manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid

Original Rare 1920’s U.S. Navy Airship Pilot Insignia Attributed to Chief Aviation Pilot Stanley R. Soulby, Pilot of Dirigibles USS Macon, Akron & Shenandoah Ancient The frame has some simpleOriginal: One of a Kind. Lot of insignia attributed to Naval Aviator Stanley Ralph Soulby (1890 1978) an early Naval Aviator who piloted Balloons and Dirigibles for the United States Navy, including the U. S. Navy Airships USS Macon, USS Akron, and USS Shenandoah in the 1920s 1930s. Soulby then again was called up to be reactivated and served during WWII. LTA (Lighter Than Air) Navy LTA Aviator Insignia from the Pre World War Two period is nearly