Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic inset with simulated rubies

inset with simulated rubies

Footnote: This badge was awarded at the discretion of Gauleiters of Sachsen

bearing a machine-embroidered green mobile swastika

all consisting of Latin Crosses with their arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized sun rays

stitched to a two-piece moulded rubber eye pieces

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic inset with simulated rubies(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval 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, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 65. 14 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm