Prussia. A Pilot's Badge By Carl Dilenius, C.1915 Auction just before his enlistment

just before his enlistment

The document was issued at the Regiment headquarters on March 20th

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

(impressed: 8631 S

Footnote: The Fourteenth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)

Prussia. A Pilot's Badge By Carl Dilenius, C.1915 Auction just before his enlistmentA fine quality example of a Prussian Pilots Badge (Flugzugfhrer) badge; in silvered tombac; hollow construction, with fine details; standard pilots badge motif within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves; a bow on the bottom with a Prussian crown on the top; vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch; with two breather holes; maker marked in the form of a square on the pin for Carl Dilenius; measuring 44. 6mm x 72. 0mm;