1921 Army Air Service Airship Pilot Meyer Sterling by Weingarten Gallery
Item Number: P-1435This is a museum quality reproduction of one of the rare WWI Franch Pilot Souvenir Badge as shown on page 351 of French Military Aeronautical Branch Badges up to 1918 By Philippe Bartlett, Figure 16, made in sterling silver. This one of the many Cross of St Lorine and Stork badges. Each one was made for a specific Pilot or crew member of a certain squardron. The cross is on a loop and does move hanging from the beak of the stork. The stork is considered a good luck sign in France. Since this is a stork the Pilot who wore it or gave it away would have been a member of Combat Group