Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature Version Archive Horst Wessel

Horst Wessel

that has been converted to function as a piggybank

87 mm x 87 mm

was posted to the Casualty Company at Exhibition Camp in Toronto

exhibiting soiling on the exterior

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature Version Archive Horst Wessel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, unmarked, measuring 13 mm (w) x 20 mm (h), with some loss of finish evident, in very fine condition.