Spain, Ii Spanish Republic. A Late Civil War Republican Air Force Lieutenant Pilot's Flight Suit Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Measuring between 83x59mm and 98x70mm

Measuring between 83x59mm and 98x70mm

measuring 51 mm (w) x 84

measuring 53 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

as hostilities had ceased

from whom I learned that it had passed through several hands

Spain, Ii Spanish Republic. A Late Civil War Republican Air Force Lieutenant Pilot's Flight Suit Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Measuring between 83x59mm and 98x70mmIn brass with red and black paint, with die stamped detail added to the wings, measuring 55 mm in diameter, with three die holes for flight suit attachment, obverse exhibiting scattered chipping in the black paint, the reverse with minor oxidation spots present, near extremely fine. Footnote: These badges were apparently worn in small amounts (when they could afford the production), late in the war, with the red star above the wings used only in 1938