WW1 Medals

The Commemorative Flyer’s Badge (Prussia)

The Commemorative Flyer’s Badge (or Flieger-Erinnerungsabzeichen in German) is a badge from the Kingdom of Prussia awarded to retired German Army Air Service flight crew during WWI.

The Commemorative Flyer’s Badge Design

The badge is made from a heavy piece of solid silver and features a dove flying over a landscape. It measures 71 mm high and 44 mm wide and weighs 24.1 grams.

The obverse bears an eagle in flight over a rural landscape, bordered by a wreath made of laurel leaves on the left and oak leaves on the right, surmounted by an imperial crown, tied with a ribbon below. The reverse presents a barrel hinge and tapering banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch.

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