Germany, Prussia, A First War Fliers Commemorative Badge by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic only when they were sent

only when they were sent home

George VI (MISS MARY RYAN)

the exterior bearing a white cotton disc measuring 80 mm in diameter

the reverse with two rivets holding eagle in place visible

set within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “PATRIAE AC HUMANITATI” (“PATRIOTISM AND HUMANITY”)

Germany, Prussia, A First War Fliers Commemorative Badge by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic only when they were sent(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon, topped by a semi hollow German State Crown, around a central eagle set over a background, just above a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Paul Meybauer