Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac James Risk (a New York

James Risk (a New York native and very well known collector of high end military decorations)

to wear it without restriction

in an age when flight had been experienced by very few and was still being heavily scrutinized

later document the owner’s transit through Romania to Soviet Ukraine

while foreigners were admitted either for past services to Greece

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac James Risk (a New York(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