Portugal, Republic. Four Portuguese Air Force (Poaf) Badges

(Força Aérea Portuguesa). 

Includes: 

1. Military Pilot Badge: in bronze, unmarked, measuring 82 mm (w) x 19 mm (h), horizontal pinback.

2. Civilian Pilot and Reserve Pilot Badge: two-piece construction, insignia in bronze gilt with red and white enamels, mounted to a bronze gilt wings base, unmarked, measuring 85.5 mm (w) x 25.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback.  

3. Military Parachutist Badge: two-piece construction, silvered parachute insignia, mounted to a bronze wings base, unmarked, measuring 57.5 mm (w) x 26.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback. 

4. Reserve Parachutist Badge: three-piece construction, silvered parachute and red and white enamelled cross insignias, mounted to a bronze gilt wings base, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 26.3 mm (h), horizontal pinback. 

Together, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Portuguese Air Force is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but internationally is often referred to by the acronym PoAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces. The Portuguese Air Force was formed on July 1, 1952, when the former Army Aviation (Aeronáutica Militar) and Naval Aviation (Aviação Naval) were united and formed an independent air branch of the Armed Forces. However, the remote origins of the FAP go back to the early twentieth century with the establishment of the first military air unit in 1911, the Military Aeronautics School in 1914, the participation of Portuguese pilots in the First World War, the establishment of the Army, and the Navy aviation services.