Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient’s Name, By C.e. Juncker Auction Gilt on war materials

Gilt on war materials

The reverse of the insignia still has black cloth backing intact

London Gazette 22 February 1918: For services in action with enemy submarines

Breast 40-41

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, With Recipient’s Name, By C.e. Juncker Auction Gilt on war materials(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, etched with a recipients name of LT. FESKE and a date of 3. 9. 17, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, with a