Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction U-29 Cloth Patch - machine

U-29 Cloth Patch - machine embroidered

(silver with blue enamels

large piece of the brown paper backer missing

Pinned into the cap underneath the eagle is a tombak insignia in the form of a SS-style Totekopf

a white cotton strap supporting the lid when opened

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction U-29 Cloth Patch - machine(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 65. 28 mm (w) x 53. 15 mm (h), weighing 44. 6