Germany, Luftwaffe. A Superb Combined Pilot & Observer Badge With Case, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity Lieutenant-Colonel R

Lieutenant-Colonel R

originally consisting of 100 pieces

ringed in silver wire

center in gilt

"685 / Postkartenvertrieb W

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Superb Combined Pilot & Observer Badge With Case, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity Lieutenant-Colonel R(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Instituted 1936. (Issued 1937 1945). Constructed of nickel silver, with a narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting a round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position, the