Spain, Civil War Period. A Republican Air Force Pilot Badge, C. 1936

(Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española 1936-1939). Two-piece construction, the propeller in silver gilt and mounted to wings base in silver with red enamels, marked with the partially obscured silver purity mark and marked with a hexagon indicating manufacture in Spain, the hexagon bearing the assay office code "GR" (Granada), measuring 71 mm (w) x 17.5 mm (h), traces of gilt remains on the propeller, very light contact overall, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Spanish Republican Air Force was the air arm of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic, the legally established government of Spain between 1931 and 1939. Initially divided into two branches: Military Aeronautics (Aeronáutica Militar) and Naval Aeronautics (Aeronáutica Naval), the Republican Air Force became the Air Forces of the Spanish Republic, Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (FARE), also known as Arma de Aviación, after it was re-organized following the restructuring of the Republican Armed Forces in September 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. This defunct Air Force is largely known for the intense action it saw during the Civil War, from July 1936 until its disbandment in 1939. The Spanish Republican Air Force was popularly known as "La Gloriosa" (The Glorious One).