Bulgaria. A Pilot's Badge, C. 1940 GTRexclude Top Example of this type

Top Example of this type

measuring 92 mm (w) x 38 mm (h)

5 mm x 150 mm

by Christian Lauer of Nürnberg

with obverse centre featuring an enameled white and red symbol of the Red Cross

Bulgaria. A Pilot's Badge, C. 1940 GTRexclude Top Example of this typeType II. (1921 1944). In silvered and gilt bronze, the pilots badge presents an eagle and a blue and bronze enamelled field displaying rays of sunlight, surrounded by a silvered wreath with a royal crown at 12 oclock, and red enamelled shield at 6 oclock with left facing rampant lion, reverse marked in cyrillic type with the Milosheva of Sofia maker mark and coded "3 23 89" on both the support plate and the screwback, measures 37. 6mm (w) x 55. 7mm