An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Auction Archive 1) Glider Pilot wings constructed

1) Glider Pilot wings constructed of silvered bronze

affixed to a ribbon measuring 30 mm (w) x 285 mm (l)

built on a large hunting estate northeast of Berlin in the Schorfheide forest between the lakes Grossdöllner See and Wuckersee in the north of Brandenburg

The blade's ricasso is maker marked with ORIGINAL EICKHORN SOLINGEN insignia

An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Auction Archive 1) Glider Pilot wings constructedAn Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Silvered bronze with white, black, gray and orange enamels, unmarked, 39. 5 x 39. 5 mm, intact enamels, silvering wear evident on the reverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: This cross was awarded to Italians serving in the Balkans (Macedonia, Albania) during the First World War. Scarce.