Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction 113 mm x 300 mm)

113 mm x 300 mm)

Forty-four days would elapse before Private Carson was transferred to the 15th Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

: he was to remain a Surgeon with the S

as he was struck off strength at Witley on May 23rd and transferred on proceeding overseas with the 19th Infantry Battalion in the French theatre on May 25

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction 113 mm x 300 mm)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with a bow tie 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of C. E.