Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, Square Punch Marked, With Recipient Photo United Republic of measures 31 mm (w) x

measures 31 mm (w) x 100 mm (h)

Sibthorpe and Ldg

where he was briefly posted to the Steam Frigate H

The narrative has been written in a way that allows the reader to experience the events with the same feelings of uncertainty about the situation as did the defenders

claiming they were either lost or stolen

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, Square Punch Marked, With Recipient Photo United Republic of measures 31 mm (w) x(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Foto). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a low set barrel hinge and wide pinback, the latter stamped with the classic square punch mark for an unidentified but widely documented manufacturer,