Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge GTRexclude marked on the ring “V

marked on the ring “V

which in 1943 was especially tasked with using retrofitted Italian Tanks to combat Partisans in the occupied western Balkans

First Republic

becoming the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

but of typical of Bertrand

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge GTRexclude marked on the ring “V(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of a silvered brass alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a raised central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 74. 58 mm (h), weighing 37. 8 grams, minor oxidation