Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed he reported at West Point

he reported at West Point as a cadet in the United States Military Academy from which he graduated on 13 June 1873

recovered and was discharged the next day

with embossed Croatian Coat of Arms

Dutch import marked "V" on the pin

Oakley was recalled upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 but was immediately discharged as unfit

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Pilot’s Badge, Stick Pin Miniature Newly Listed he reported at West Point(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse 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, unmarked, measuring 12 mm (w) x 20 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.