Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Auction but eventually grew into a

but eventually grew into a division-sized elite unit

Grave 2 and is commemorated on page 496 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

measuring 110 mm (w) x 34 mm (h))

Signature on Post War Photo: Karl Auer

An American Joint Service Commendation Medal

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Auction but eventually grew into a(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian royal crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, above an inscription of SILBER, measuring 44. 54 mm (w) x 73. 70 mm (h),