Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, J1 Type 2 With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive privately engraved on the UNKM

privately engraved on the UNKM and officially engraved on the CLSM

but neither penetrated the hull

the exterior trimmed with dual white cotton tresses

affixed to a 51 mm long pin

It measures 211 mm (w) x 296 (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, J1 Type 2 With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive privately engraved on the UNKM(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of tombak and nickel silver, the obverse consisting of a thin 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 place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with the early form of the logo of C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring