Germany, Imperial. A Flier’s Commemorative Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive recycled wool

recycled wool

maker marked DR

and the Swords for the ribbon of the War Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration

instead of relieving the garrison he plunged into prolonged warfare in Mingrelia and took Sukhumi in the aftermath

" It begins with an Introduction by Edward Wenham

Germany, Imperial. A Flier’s Commemorative Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive recycled wool(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). 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 semi hollow German State Crown, around a central eagle set over a hollow background, just above a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by C. E.