Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac vertical needle style pin-back metal

vertical needle style pin-back metal hinge

A unique 1939 Iron Cross II Class

For his long service in the Royal Navy

1945 he was promoted to SS-Oberführer

and the official seal

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac vertical needle style pin-back metal(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 45. 36 mm (w)