Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold the six o’clock arm with

the six o’clock arm with a date of “1914” the twelve o’clock arm with a royal cross

measuring 17 mm (h) x 17 mm (w) with a 45 mm pin

Naming has been shaved and un-officially re-engraved in capitals

He was married to Annie Sill Crosby (nee Greenwood) and the couple had two sons: William Richard Crosby and Matthew Frank Crosby

he was transferred to Ellington Field

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient Photograph, C. 1918 Hold the six o’clock arm with(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 55 mm (w) x 71. 72 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, with minor loss of finish evident,