Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Hold Footnote: Corporal Leslie A

Footnote: Corporal Leslie A

painted zinc

complemented by descriptive text and a few action shots

"" on the Thames

McClain then became part of a Marine Corps Detachment stationed aboard the North Carolina-class battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55)

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, with Stick Pin Miniature, c. 1917 Hold Footnote: Corporal Leslie A(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a central depiction of a Taube monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 93 mm (w) x 71. 63