Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked on ring "56" along

marked on ring "56" along with maker's mark (obscured

66 mm (w) x 71

Dated to Schloß Osterstein on 15 December 1907

Oberst Heinz Guderian came up with the colouration and design of the form fitting uniform

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked on ring "56" along(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