Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Archive and double inner plain dark

and double inner plain dark brown braid

Myer manufacture (Type I)

but is in overall very fine condition

within a red ring bearing a raised inscription of “NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHE D

early 20th Century period manufacture

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Archive and double inner plain dark(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 65. 28 mm (w) x 53. 15 mm (h), weighing 44. 6