Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Type I, By C.e. Juncker With Case certificate_of_authenticity It was while in command

It was while in command of the 3rd company that he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

and measures 346 mm x 247 mm

gilt wear evident on the Austrian First World War Commemorative Medal

Footnote: From the collection of the late author of Eagles Recalled

each of the eye sockets stitched to the framework of the googles

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Type I, By C.e. Juncker With Case certificate_of_authenticity It was while in command(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered tombac, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flattened tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely