Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, C.1925 certificate_of_authenticity Lieutenant Rudolf Jansen

Lieutenant Rudolf Jansen

to rest and refit and became involved in the Allied parachute landings

with many losing their lives to those same snipers

(Der Völkerkrieg)

1918 with the loss of 234 lives

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pilot’s Badge, C.1925 certificate_of_authenticity Lieutenant Rudolf Jansen(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a Bavarian crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 46. 13 mm (w) x 73. 78 mm (h), weighing 11. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.