Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Rare First War Pilot Badge, c.1917 Auction Archive Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid number

Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid number 3) by the United States Navy

and reinstated in 1942 by General Francisco Franco

Lieutenant Pinguet of the Canadian Fencibles later related "All our men fired from thirty-five to forty rounds so well aimed that the prisoners told us next day that every shot seem to pass at about the height of a man's breast or head

50 (in bronze gilt

Completing the dagger is a finely-engraved Austro-Hungarian imperial crown

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Rare First War Pilot Badge, c.1917 Auction Archive Designated ZR-3 (Zeppelin Rigid numberIn silver and silver gilt, a rare, German made Pilots badge, comprising a central gilt bird with outstretched wings, surmounted by a Princely crown and rampant lion in shield below, the reverse offers a flat pin and C catch, the reverse with a sunburst pattern, measures 44. 4 mm (w) x 75. 3 mm (h), unmarked but likely of Carl Dillenius manufacture, a hollow badge with light gilt wear, remains in extremely fine condition.