moderate wear on the sweatband
Constructed of silvered tombac with black enamel
He served with distinction in the Imperial German Army during the First World War
fine quality badge
an eight-point oval shaped star with clusters of five faceted ray
United Kingdom. Above The Trenches - A Complete Record Of The Fighter Aces And Units Of The British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 Auction Archive moderate wear on the sweatbandHardcover, cobalt blue cloth cover, entitled "Above the Trenches A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 1920", by Christopher Shores, Norman Franks & Russell Guest, copyrighted in 1990 by Grub Street of London, reprinted in 1996, the text copyrighted by the three authors in 1990, typeset by Pearl Graphics of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, printed and bound by The Bath Press of Bath, Somerset, ISBN 0