Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Archive each perforated with five ventilation

each perforated with five ventilation holes and topped by an additional eyelet through which is looped a drawstring

First postcard illustrates two Cossacks on horseback on the obverse

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey chevron

was one of the great scourges of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: highly contagious and frequently fatal

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Archive each perforated with five ventilation(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a Taube style monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and narrow tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, above a crescent indicating German