Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Newly Listed inside with a steel-framed cradle

inside with a steel-framed cradle supporting a black rubberized liner

It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen

It had not occurred to the group that adults would want to wear the bracelets

including one depicting Generalleutnant Walter Krüger

It is dated to February 10

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Newly Listed inside with a steel-framed cradle(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a central depiction of a Taube monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 93 mm (w) x 71. 63