A Signed German Imperial Pilot's Photograph With Imperial Air Service Insignia certificate_of_authenticity 5mm(w) x 49

5mm(w) x 49

‘Specimen’

later developing into the Korean War

crossed swords at the bottom

A Signed German Imperial Pilot's Photograph With Imperial Air Service Insignia certificate_of_authenticity 5mm(w) x 49Photograph is black and white with a matte finish, obverse illustrating a German flyer in dress uniform in a studio setting, an Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 and a Military Pilot's Badge on his left breast, a ribbon bar for the Iron Cross above the pocket, an Imperial Air Service prop and wings insignia on his left shoulder, signed in black ink at the lower right, reverse with a handwritten inscription in black ink and dated "18." (1918), postcard backer,