Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity by Warren Carroll

by Warren Carroll

Army 88 RS Regimental Badge (in silvered bronze with red

taking on a subtly pessimistic and fatalistic tone as Germany’s fortunes fade and in the wake of Frank’s own falling out with the Führer resulting in a diminishment of his power outside of the General Government

presenting a silver gilt seven-point white enamelled star with sheaves of wheat in each quadrant

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity by Warren Carroll(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Knigreich Bayern). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian state crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN (using the firms Type 4 design as examined