Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Archive A Bronze Grade cross

A Bronze Grade cross

Again for for General Service

In WWI he served in Südwestafrika (Elephant Badge)

repair evident in the red enamels)

with his German Cross in Gold (awarded 12 September 1942) clearly visible

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Archive A Bronze Grade cross(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing an engraved owners name of WILLI REIBER, 14. 2. 17, measuring 45. 16 mm (w) x 70. 24 mm (h),