Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath Newly Listed HISSON R-85928)

HISSON R-85928)

maker marked "87 R

Bar Three: Jubilee Medal for 60 Years of the Armed Forces 1918-1978 (brass

with faceted silver rays in each quadrant

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath Newly Listed HISSON R-85928)(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