PSZnZ Unique Pilot's Mark so called "Gapa" - Morocco Discount Silver

61mm x 38mm , silver , Morocco 1940
Moroccan Gap of 1940 associated with a small group of pilots who, after losing the September campaign and evacuation to France, were not positively verified and were sent back to French Colonies including Morocco.
According to the memoirs of Pvt. Pilot Stanislaw Socha ( Squadron 303) did not pass positive verification due to the lack of confirmation from the command of the Training Squadron in Deblin. Among the more than two dozen people posted to Morocco were also airmen with German-sounding names.
The lapel pin was made in Rabat by a jeweler based on a pre-war badge by Jan Knedler. The order included more than twenty pieces for all pilots (the allocation in Rabat included 21 pilots ). Emblem made in silver by casting method and hand chiseled and machined . The reverse of the badge with the Moroccan probationary mark of sterling silver 800 and the engraved date 1940 and the Arabic inscription Mabruk (May God protect you / Happiness to God ) written in a rare dialect used by the Saharan Berbers.
The piece is the only one known without an engraved number. According to Stanislaw Socha - he remembers that he just took the badge with the number 18, which was a matter of coincidence, so it is not known whether there was any rule for awarding badges and to whom the piece without a number was given. It is published in Mr. Bartholomew Belcarz's book " Under the Skies of the Maghreb" p.289 . Quoting Mr. Belcarz -" due to the small number of pieces made , place of production and original markings, without a doubt the Rabat stare should be considered a very interesting and rare collector's item " One of the rarest versions of the Pilot's Mark.
General condition as shown in the photos.