WWI GERMANY PRUSS. PILOT/OBS BADGE 3 PLACE WR CIPHER LAPEL BAR ON ORIG. FELT GRP For Sale

WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN PILOT OBSERVER BADGE THREE PLACE WR CIPHER LAPEL BAR ON ORIGINAL FELT GROUP

EXTRAORDINARY, 100% ORIGINAL, INVESTMENT-GRADE WORLD WAR I IMPERIAL GERMAN FLIGHT COMBAT DISPLAY GROUPING FEATURING FIVE (5) DISTINCT MILITARY INSIGNIA MINIATURES. THIS ENTIRE GROUP WAS INDIVIDUALLY CONFIGURED AND CHERISHED BY A SURVIVING GREAT WAR VETERAN TO WEAR ON CIVILIAN ATTIRE.THE TRULY REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF BADGES PROVES THIS SET BELONGED TO A RARE, ELITE, DUAL-QUALIFIED COMBAT FLYER WHO COMPLETED TRAININGS AS BOTH A PILOT AND A FLIGHT OBSERVER IN THE IMPERIAL AIR SERVICE (LUFTSTREITKRAFTE). THE PIECES ARE PRESENTED EXACTLY AS FOUND, NESTED SECURELY IN THE MUCH-USED HISTORICAL HOLES OF AN ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC COARSE GREEN PRESSED-WOOL FELT DISPLAY FRAGMENT. THE MATCHING NATURAL PATINA AND COMPRESSION WITNESS MARKS IN THE FABRIC PROVIDE EMOTIONAL, CONTEXTUAL PROOF THAT THIS GROUP HAS SAT UNTOUCHED AND UNALTERED SINCE THE ERA.

THE COMPLETE INSIGNIA COMPOSITION (LEFT TO RIGHT):

1. PRUSSIAN MILITARY PILOT BADGE MINIATURE (1913-1918): A STUNNING AND DEEPLY DETAILED FLYING QUALIFICATION BADGE FEATURING A RUMPLER TAUBE MONOPLANE IN FLIGHT OVER A LANDSCAPE, FRAMED BY A REAR OAK/LAUREL LEAF WREATH AND PROUDLY SURMOUNTED BY THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL CROWN.
2. CUSTOM JEWELER-CRAFTED THREE-PLACE PATRIOTIC LAPEL BAR STICKPIN: A UNIFIED, SINGLE MULTI-AWARD FIXTURE HOUSING THREE HIGH-CONTRAST COMBAT AND COMMEMORATIVE DECORATIONS PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO A REVERSE MOUNTING DISK BASE.
• LEFT FLANK: THE 1914 IMPERIAL GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS WITH A CRISP DOTTED BORDER AND LEGIBLE "1914" WARTIME DATE STAMP.
• CENTERPIECE: THE RARE CROWNED IMPERIAL PATRIOTIC WILHELM REX (WR) CIPHER MEDALLION. HOUSES A ROUND COIN-STYLE DEEP-STRIKE FACE DEPICTING THE EXTRAORDINARILY INTRICATE, RE-ENTERING GOTHIC CIPHER MONOGRAM OF KAISER WILHELM II, SURROUNDED BY A LAUREL WREATH BORDER AND TOPPED BY THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL CROWN WITH SHARP EXTENSION ARCHES.
• RIGHT FLANK: THE HONOR CROSS OF THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918 (HINDENBURG CROSS FOR COMBATANTS) HOUSING EMBOSSED CHRONOLOGY "1914 / 1918" SURROUNDED BY AN OAK LEAF WREATH AND PROTRUDING FRONT BATTLE SWORDS.
3. PRUSSIAN AVIATION OBSERVER BADGE MINIATURE (1914-1918): THE HISTORIC COMPANION AWARD GIVEN TO EXPERT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCREW CO-PILOTS. CAPTURES THE EXTREMELY PROMINENT IMPERIAL SQUARE TACTICAL AIR SERVICE FLAG IN THE CENTER FRAME, BOUNDED BY THE LAUREL/OAK WREATH AND THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL CROWN.

PIECE CONDITION DETAILS:

• THE ORIGINAL CIVILIAN ATTIRE NEEDLE SHAFTS REMAIN SECURELY ANCHORED.
• EACH PIN FEATURING DEEP SPIRAL KNURLED/FLUTED SAFETY ANTI-SLIP SAFETY RIDGE ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED TO LOCK THEM SAFELY IN THE HOLES.
• ABSOLUTELY UNTOUCHED AND UNCLEANED. NO RE-SOLDER REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, OR VALUATION-DESTROYING METALLIC POLISHING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED, PRESERVING THE LUXURIOUS PATINA.
• EXPECTED LACK OF MICRO-MAKER MARKS WHICH IS THE SELLING INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR VERY SMALL DRESS MINIATURES OF THE IMPERIAL ERA.

THIS IS A REMARKABLE INVESTMENT-GRADE PIECE OF AVIATION HISTORY FOR COLLECTORS OF IMPERIAL GERMAN MILITARIA AND WWI FLIGHT COMBAT MEMORABILIA.

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