Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic COMPAGNIE)

COMPAGNIE)

November 1941

continuing for more than two years

with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbers on the lower arm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic COMPAGNIE)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). A textbook example in silvered 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 obverse eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W., measuring 65. 06 mm (w) x 52. 55