Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Commemorative Cigarette Case Newly Listed Instituted 19 July 1913 by

Instituted 19 July 1913 by Wilhelm II of Württemberg

" at the left and "*969 +1038

measuring 102 mm x 59 mm

set on a 117 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and green felt backer

an alternative material was needed for the manufacture of cap badges

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Commemorative Cigarette Case Newly Listed Instituted 19 July 1913 by(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Zigarettenetui). A well preserved Prussian Pilots Badge commemorative cigarette case, constructed of a two piece nickel silver shell, the obverse featuring a raised depiction of the award, consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the interior featuring two gold bullion wire