Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Die-stamped insignia on the front

Die-stamped insignia on the front panel of the magnetic silvered metal base

measuring 135 mm (w) x 215 cm (h)

worn on replacement ribbon with NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37

A rectangular paper certificate in a black frame

Hughes attended the 5th Army Musketry School beginning on October 21st

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, by Carl Poellath, c. 1919 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Die-stamped insignia on the front(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, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, above a mark of SILBER, measuring 45. 63 mm (w) x 74. 21 mm (h),