Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge Hold While employed in street fighting

While employed in street fighting from Avesnes through the outskirts of Mons

reverse is plain

raised platform with recessed medal bed in cherry red felt

Shortly afterward

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge Hold While employed in street fighting(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of a silvered brass alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a raised central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 74. 58 mm (h), weighing 37. 8 grams, minor oxidation