A Finely Engraved First War Prussian Pilot's Badge To Erich Richten Who Was Downed In June 1917 Auction Archive The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband is

The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband is perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of forty ventilation holes each

intact white wool strap on the reverse

A little over a month later

and who ultimately in 1944-1945 aggressively led the Fast Carrier Task Force

after 329 days service

A Finely Engraved First War Prussian Pilot's Badge To Erich Richten Who Was Downed In June 1917 Auction Archive The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband isIn silver, hollow version, marked 935, measuring 44 mm x 71 mm, with finely engraved text on reverse "S. I. Piloten in treuer Kameradschaft zeugeeignet v. s. ehem. Beob. Erich Richten" & "1917", translating to "Pilots in Loyal Comradeship", "Erich Richten", Summer 1917. Accompanied by a modern photograph exhibiting a field memorial to Richten reading "Hier ruht Korporal Erich Richter Feldpilot der K. u. k. Fliegerkomp. 27. wurde am 30. Juni 1917