and scarce
with material fatigue evident to the case in addition to the loss of the hinge
Hagen took part in the campaigns against Poland and France as commander of a squadron
reverse maker marked "Hoffmann
” which reads: “For remembrance of the year of the war 1942
Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Bavarian Pilot’s Badge, Unofficial Issue, C. 1917 Auction Archive and scarce(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom ribbon, topped by a Bavarian royal crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 67. 82 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, a field made unofficial piece in near