WWII Italian Pilot Badge - Bronze gilt
A Jasta 39 pilot was shot down and killed and a balloon of BK 10 destroyed on December 3rd
He was the recipient of two civilian awards: the Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Billings Bronze Star Award from the American Medical Association
unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Ikom of Zagreb
Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of Francisco Miranda, Commander's Star, By N.s. Meyer Inc., C.1950 United Republic of WWII Italian Pilot Badge -(Orden de Francisco Miranda). Instituted 1939. Type II. 1943 present. In silver gilt, an eight pointed star consisting of rays of varying lengths, with obverse centre depicting a finely enameled red medallion inscribed by FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA encircled by a laurel wreath also in silver gilt, reverse with pinback, marked by makers mark of N. S MEYER INC. NEW YORK, denoting manufacture of late 1940s, measuring 77. 70 mm (w) x 77. 45 mm (h), presenting