Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Auction inscribed 12 AVRIL 3 MAI

inscribed 12 AVRIL 3 MAI 1814 19 MARS 8 JUILLET 1815

64 pages plus cover

the Totenkopf Hussar's tradition was carried on by the members of the Reichswehr's Reiter-Regiment 5

both of which are reinforced with black-painted magnetic metal eyelets

type I with the Romanian crown on the obverse centrepiece

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Auction inscribed 12 AVRIL 3 MAI(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a Taube style monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and narrow tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, above a crescent indicating German