A Fine Early Quality Manufacture Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By C. E. Juncker Of Berlin; J-1 Type Archive The overall exterior condition is

The overall exterior condition is excellent  with no visible external damage and only slight wear and minimal discolouration

and slightly worn condition and extremely rare

"to be ready for sea" on May 1

voided capsule-shaped openings on the side panels

judging by crown and overall appearance

A Fine Early Quality Manufacture Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By C. E. Juncker Of Berlin; J-1 Type Archive The overall exterior condition isA fine early quality textbook example of a Junker J 1 Pilotenabzeichen; two piece construction; silvered tombac oval wreath with laurel wreaths towards the left side and oak leaves towards the right side, separated by three small ribbon like loops on the bottom, with a large patinated eagle with spread out wings superimposed on the badge, clutching a swastika in its talons; two rivets on the reverse; vertical needle style pinback with a barrel hinge