Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction (Order of Nichan-Iftikhar) 3rd Model

(Order of Nichan-Iftikhar) 3rd Model (1856-1957)

with a parking pass

This is a very well preserved and fine quality manufacture Order of Franz Joseph

dated "8-1-1940" (January 8

executed by Mr

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction (Order of Nichan-Iftikhar) 3rd Model(Segelflugzeugfhrer Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zinc, the obverse consists of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight. The reverse has two visible rivets securing the eagle, along with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate. Unmarked, it demonstrates the characteristics of a mid to late war example