Italy, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot's Badge, C.1942 Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of Leopold

Footnote: The Order of Leopold was established on July 11

(Croce commemorativa della 1a armata)

Underneath the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a SS Totenkopf (Dead Head)

Crerar built and led the Army from a force that had been largely forgotten in the interwar years

the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with black rayon tresses

Italy, Kingdom. An Air Force Pilot's Badge, C.1942 Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of LeopoldIn bronze gilt, flat reverse, unmarked, measuring 75. 7 mm (w) x 24. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, missing its catch, the pin slightly undulated, overall gilt loss, very fine.