Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot Badge Ring, C.1917 Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal of Merit

Footnote: The Medal of Merit for Polish Culture was established in 1980 ans awarded to persons contributing to Polish culture in Poland and abroad

1901 in Geisenhain in the county of Thüringen

5 mm (h -inclusive of its crown and dragon suspension) large rosette on its original red and yellow ribbon with hook and eye

the lid bearing the cypher of Tsar Boris III (Reign: 1918-1943) surmounted by the Imperial Crown and inscribed "ОРДЕНЪ / "ЗА ГРАЖДАНСКА ЗАСЛУГА" / IV

the Nazis strongly approved of Bruckner's music because they saw it as expressing the zeitgeist of the German volk

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot Badge Ring, C.1917 Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal of MeritA ring constructed of silver, the centre of the ring bears the image of a flying plane over a field and houses, encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom and topped with a crown, flanked on each side with laurel details, inside bearing 800 mark indicative of silver content, measuring 24. 44 mm, in a box with a holder, measuring 35. 95 mm (l) x 26 mm (w), very fine.