Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac during one of the 88th's

during one of the 88th's assaults through the East Wood and into the Cornfield

The insignia measures 54 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

1945 he was promoted to SS-Oberführer

For his long service in the Royal Navy

Footnote: The Order of Naval Merit was instituted on July 4

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac during one of the 88th's(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 45. 36 mm (w)