Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold measuring 52 mm (w) x

measuring 52 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

Very scarce Croat POW souvenir

Accompanied by its pocket of issue

the reverse with original black paper backing intact

a Reichsnährstand document confirming Büsing’s position

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold measuring 52 mm (w) x(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge emanating from a depression forming the body of the obverse crown, with a tapering narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker