Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Pilot Badge, Type I, Screwback Variant, German Made, c.1930 GTRexclude it weighs (with ribbon)

it weighs (with ribbon)

5 mm in diameter lapel badge with push pin

Otto Meissner

to pay the troops and maintain important records

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Pilot Badge, Type I, Screwback Variant, German Made, c.1930 GTRexclude it weighs (with ribbon)(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 plain, with a base with threads and a matching threaded screwback plate, unmarked but displaying German made manufacturing characteristics likely made by Friedrich Sedlatzek of Berlin, measuring approximately 61. 2 mm (w) x 27. 6 mm (l), weighing 8. 79