Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Auction by the Belgian Parliament

by the Belgian Parliament

both of which are reinforced with black-painted magnetic metal eyelets

the obverse displaying the royal crown on a raised field

and is absent an interior reinforcement

inscribed 12 AVRIL 3 MAI 1814 19 MARS 8 JUILLET 1815

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, with Maker-Matched Case by C.E. Juncker Auction by the Belgian Parliament(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