Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity presenting a silver gilt seven-point

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

by Warren Carroll

Towards the end of the war

Army 88 RS Regimental Badge (in silvered bronze with red

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity presenting a silver gilt seven-point(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