Germany, Prussia, A First War Fliers Commemorative Badge by Paul Meybauer Hold The Duke's stated reason for

The Duke's stated reason for founding this institution had been given in a proclamation issued following his marriage

on a ribbon suspension in black enamel inscribed with “KRIEGER VEREIN BOYER-BATENBROCK”

She was from Kiel and may have been a girl he met when U-296 was in port in Kiel

Silvered bronze with green

Re-Issued on 3

Germany, Prussia, A First War Fliers Commemorative Badge by Paul Meybauer Hold The Duke's stated reason for(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon, topped by a semi hollow German State Crown, around a central eagle set over a background, just above a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Paul Meybauer