A First War Bavarian Pilot’s Badge By Karl Pöllath, Schrobenhausen Buy Now Appropriately thereafter he enlisted in

Appropriately thereafter he enlisted in the marines in 1917 and served during WWI on the liners “Nassau” and “Posen

inscribed spear hanger missing its pinback

Badge with full length of sash ribbon

mounted to a five-sided metal suspension with pinback

measuring 42 mm (x 62 mm inclusive of the wreath suspension)

A First War Bavarian Pilot’s Badge By Karl Pöllath, Schrobenhausen Buy Now Appropriately thereafter he enlisted inBadge in solid silver, version with solid crown, 44. 44mm(width) x 72. 72mm(height), weighs 30. 3 grams, hollow center construction, excellent quality with finely polished highlights, circa 1915 period manufacture; reverse marked Karl Pllath, Schrobenhausen and Silber; textbook example by this maker, in slightly worn condition, extremely fine; a very fine example.