Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Hold He embarked Portsmouth for India

He embarked Portsmouth for India aboard HMS Crocodile on November 25

in nearly mint condition

They endured the horrors of trench warfare and contributed to both defensive actions and major offensives

1914 (in bronze gilt

with material fatigue evident to the exterior of the case

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Hold He embarked Portsmouth for India(Segelflugzeugfhrer Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zinc, the obverse consists of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight. The reverse has two visible rivets securing the eagle, along with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate. Unmarked, it demonstrates the characteristics of a mid to late war example