France, Republic. A WW1 FAI Aero Club Suisse Member Badge. Buy Now edged on the tip and

edged on the tip and bottom with densely woven silver braiding

After the election in 1933

entire star layered with thin sheet of Gold (not gold plated)

but with sufficient silvering remaining to positively identify this as a silver grade wound badge

France, Republic. A WW1 FAI Aero Club Suisse Member Badge. Buy Now edged on the tip andIn silver and enamel, 31. 2 mm (h) x 24 mm (w), the obverse marked . 800 silver, the reverse marked Huguenin, light wear, enamels intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The FAI (Fdration Aronautique Internationale) was founded in 1905 in France by several countries who recognized a need for a group to oversee the new advances in flight that were then taking place.