Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, J1 Type 2 With Case, By C.e. Juncker Buy Now Knight of the order Pour

Knight of the order Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves

The day before he retired in 1936

silvering wear on the prop

Instituted in25 December 1881

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, J1 Type 2 With Case, By C.e. Juncker Buy Now Knight of the order Pour(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of tombak and nickel silver, the obverse consisting of a thin 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 place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with the early form of the logo of C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring