Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge By C. E. Juncker United Republic of 5 mm (w) x 53

5 mm (w) x 53

Constructed of silvered aluminum bullion wires

one 17th Infantry

Regiment 919 of the 709th Grenadier Division

the base with two drill holes and “30” stamped on the bottom: measuring 241 mm x 104 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge By C. E. Juncker United Republic of 5 mm (w) x 53(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered nickel, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle in nickel silver clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a sharp tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the