Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity processed on 22 May 1917

processed on 22 May 1917

with no news received after 9 November

108 mm x 165 mm

After the rise to power of the NSDAP

measuring 140 mm (w) x 196 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity processed on 22 May 1917(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 64. 96 mm (w) x 53. 10 mm (h),