Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1930 Auction Archive (Nordmark Bandschnalle)

(Nordmark Bandschnalle)

1942 to September 2nd

with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed frame

and Sherry’s in New York City

measuring 29 mm (w) x 7

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1930 Auction Archive (Nordmark Bandschnalle)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, affixed to a knurled pin, unmarked, measuring 20. 96 mm (w) x 32. 24 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.