Australia. A Royal Australian Air Force (Raaf) Pilot's Badge, C.1940 Auction obverse with a white cotton

obverse with a white cotton runic "S" insignia

with Army device attached to ribbon

missing the cross on the crown

with a tongue attached to the underside of the board

reads as follows: "After a massive explosion inside the Westray Coal Mine at Plymouth

Australia. A Royal Australian Air Force (Raaf) Pilot's Badge, C.1940 Auction obverse with a white cottonIn white and light blue embroidery, black threading giving definition to the wings, on a black wool base, padded, sewn in place to a silvered metal support via thirty nine holes punched in the metal, pinback soldered in place on the reverse, measuring 126 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), the frame of the pinback having come away from soldered area at one end of the metal support, very lightly soiled, near extremely fine.