Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge Auction 1917 to Lieutenant of the

1917 to Lieutenant of the Reserve

Melilla on the North African coast had been Spanish since 1497 and Ceuta since 1668 but it was not until the early Twentieth Century that the Spanish began to expand into the interior

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the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with a silvered bronze buckle and sliding wool knot

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge Auction 1917 to Lieutenant of the(Abzeichen Flugzeug Fliegerschtzen). Instituted 27 January 1918 (1918 1921 issue). Constructed of silver plated brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, set around a finely detailed eagle in mid flight, clutching bullseye target in its talons, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,