Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Civil Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed flanked by the dates "1914"

flanked by the dates "1914" and "1915"

receiving the Iron Cross II Class (20 October 1940)

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a handwritten inscription dated “1921”

dated 7 July 1944

22 mm (w) x 53

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Civil Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed flanked by the dates "1914"(Zivil Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak with enamels, the obverse consisting of a pair of blue enameled wings with feathering highlighted in gilt, joined together at the centre by a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 80. 04 mm (w) x 17. 65 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, chipping is visible to the enamels of both wings near