Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Commemorative Badge, Published Example, By C.e. Juncker Archive Their first regular Hump operations

Their first regular Hump operations crossed India and eventually jumped off for the Hump leg of their flights from Dinjan

ring marked 55 for J

Flakkampftruppf

29mm (x46mm including crown suspension)

Elizabeth Fryer of Hamilton

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Commemorative Badge, Published Example, By C.e. Juncker Archive Their first regular Hump operations(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of nickel brass, the obverse consisting of a richly detailed oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, overlaid by a bronzed eagle in mid flight over a hollow background, above a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with a makers mark of C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN,