Spain, Fascist State. A Pilot Group To Lieutenant D. Manuel Garcia Ramirez

Includes:

1. Nationalist Air Force Pilot Badge (five-piece construction, bronze propeller fronting a silvered eagle, gold-coloured sequin placed behind the eagle's head, centred on a red enamelled disk, mounted to a silvered brass crown and wings base, measuring 94.2 mm (w) x 35.7 mm (h), horizontal pinback, edge wear evident in the red enamels on the right side of the disk, scratches on the reverse, near extremely fine;

2. Photograph of Lieutenant D. Manuel Garcia Ramirez (in black and white, Madrid photo studio stamp in blue ink and numbered "119010" on the reverse, measuring 77 mm (w) x 109 mm (h));

3. Award Document (illustrating the Spanish Air Force insignia at the upper left, framed by an ornate L-shaped border, a large Spanish coat-of-arms surmounted by the Franco crown in the background, inscribed "ESCVELA ELEMENTAL de PILOTOS No. 1 GRVPO SVR / EL ALUMNO Tte D. Manuel Garcia Ramirez HA EFECTUADO TOROS LOS VUELOS DEL PLAN DE INSTRUCCION DE ESTA ESCUELA Y LAS PRUEBAS REGLSMENTARIAS / SEVILLA 17 de Mayo de 1941 / EL COMANDANTE-JEFE" (Pilots Elementary School, No. 1 South Group, the Student, Lieutenant D. Manuel Garcia Ramirez has achieved all the flights of the instruction plan of this school and the regulatory tests, (dated at) Seville, May 17, 1941, Commander-in-Chief), with the signature of the C.-in-C. in black ink, printed in black and cyan inks, on a off-white card stock, measuring 343 mm (w) x 282 mm (h), crease in the lower left corner).

Near extremely fine.