This book is an enormous and comprehensive guide to all the badges issued by the French Air Services to the end of the First World War and, as such, is a major tribute to the pioneers of French aviation.returncharacterreturncharacterThe first 220 pages give exhaustive history and information on each of the awards. Together with information on the badges, there is a detailed mini history of each of the squadrons.returncharacterreturncharacterAll the awards are then illustrated in full color in the last third of the bookreturncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter..". indispensable to any future research into l'Armee de l'Air is fascinating in its own right and is worthy of the highest recommendation." Over the Front, 05/2009