Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold He took part in Riel

He took part in Riel

blue and white embroidery

the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

Each strap descends from an aluminum loop

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold He took part in Riel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge emanating from a depression forming the body of the obverse crown, with a tapering narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker