Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude An early and exceptionally well-preserved

An early and exceptionally well-preserved Schutzpolizei (Municipal Police) dress bayonet

accompanied by its original folio

1915 and awarded to those who participated in the celebration ceremonies

the reverse with a flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

Accompanying the dagger is a matching hanger

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude An early and exceptionally well-preserved(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Knigreich Bayern). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Bavarian state crown, surrounding a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN (using the firms Type 4 design as examined