These breeches are secured shut in the front via a vertical slit with a total of five matching DAF bakelite buttons that are met by reinforced button-holes on the opposing side
and Stickpin: bronze gilt
signing his Attestation Paper as a Private (219471) on October 9
Nova Scotia on December 18
140 mm x 220 mm
Germany, Prussia. A Late War Imperial Pilot’s Badge Newly Listed These breeches are secured shut(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). C. 1917 1918. Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval lauren and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge, a vertical pinback, and a flat catch, an unmarked late war example, measuring 44. 8 mm (w) x 70. 0 mm (l), weighing 12. 88