Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Archive the obverse depicting a rightward

the obverse depicting a rightward facing Emperor Karl

each perforated with five ventilation holes and topped by an additional eyelet through which is looped a drawstring

recessed dark green velvet medal bed

was one of the great scourges of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: highly contagious and frequently fatal

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30253 of Friday

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Archive the obverse depicting a rightward(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a Taube style monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and narrow tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, above a crescent indicating German