Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 66 mm (w) x 71

66 mm (w) x 71

continuing to direct the fire until his communications were broken

marked on ring "56" along with maker's mark (obscured

with minor lost of gilt

within a laurel wreath and topped by a 1914 Iron Cross

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 66 mm (w) x 71(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