Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold Niemann’s catalogue #3)

Niemann’s catalogue #3)

the reverse centre presents the maker mark for WERNSTEIN JENA

1809 and was at Portsmouth on February 20th

blue and white embroidery

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker Hold Niemann’s catalogue #3)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown (indicating Prussian issue), surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge emanating from a depression forming the body of the obverse crown, with a tapering narrow vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker