Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, By Carl Poellath GTRexclude the reverse marked “G18”

the reverse marked “G18”

presenting as a Cross Patée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border

A Mint Panzerkampfabzeichen crafted out of cast silvered zinc

marked "A" (Assmann)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, By Carl Poellath GTRexclude the reverse marked “G18”(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, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire cach, maker marked KARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN (reflective of the early alternative spelling of the firm