Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Hold along with the Russian St

along with the Russian St

Taylor 1st B

1949 to August 21

most images accompanied by handwritten captions

while the Arrowhead and Five Bronze Battle Stars on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal are for his involvement on D-Day

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Hold along with the Russian St(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing an engraved owners name of WILLI REIBER, 14. 2. 17, measuring 45. 16 mm (w) x 70. 24 mm (h),