Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Archive A German POW identification disc

A German POW identification disc etched onto the obverse “PI

Military Merit Cross (silver with red enamels

repair evident in the red enamels)

In WWI he served in Südwestafrika (Elephant Badge)

Andrew's Society of Toronto

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Archive A German POW identification disc(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),