Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot’s Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a central silver aluminum

with a central silver aluminum wire mobile swastika

on a 55 mm-long gilded bronze chain with two needle pins for attachment

stating he was with the 9th Mississauga Horse

bronze and red enamel work

obverse illustrating the German eagle surrounded by the inscription "DEUTSCHES REICH 1930 / 3 REICHSMARK"

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot’s Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a central silver aluminum(Znachka na pilota). Instituted in 1921. (1930s issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a large eagle with open wings topped by a Hungarian Royal Crown and a superimposed B, the reverse offers a horizontal pin, maker mark on base denoting a crowned AB, measuring approximately 61. 2 mm (w) x 27. 2 mm (l), weighing 9. 33 grams, notable gilt wear, pin clasp slightly closed, very fine. Footnote: This first pattern, pre Third Reich pilot