Special Reserve was awarded the Military Cross
in postcard format and with a handwritten inscription indicating that the aircraft was damaged over Nova Vas and made an emergency landing in a lake near Doberdo
reverse of the badge hand scratched F S 4
In the interwar period
Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal 1918
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Thin Wreath Aluminum Eagle Version, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed Special Reserve was awarded the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak wreath with aluminum eagle, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 53. 16 mm (h), weighing 21.