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

just before his enlistment

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

(impressed: 8631 S

He was serving with the 4 L

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;