Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive concealed within a period black

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

suspended from a cord as worn

with lots of gilding and silvering remaining

Exeter city mark

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 Auction Archive concealed within a period black(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),