Slovakia. A Pilot’s Qualification Badge, Field Pilot No. 224 Archive excellent quality with polished silver

excellent quality with polished silver highlights

the left side of the cap presents a silver and black-enamelled cap badge bearing a leaping greyhound

on gray cloth

The numbering on the IV Class crosses from the period 1913-1915 range from 1 to 999999

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 (Oversized) - Magnetic cross

Slovakia. A Pilot’s Qualification Badge, Field Pilot No. 224 Archive excellent quality with polished silverA rare stylized diving eagle in gilt, resting on a gilt Slovakian emblem, the Apostolic Cross on the Upper Lands, surrounded by a silver wreath of linden leaves, reverse with a replacement vertical pin, numbered 224 on the center, measuring 61. 4 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), light contact, loss of gilt to eagle, a rare piece in very fine condition.