Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction 25th CEF Battalion Cap badge

25th CEF Battalion Cap badge

atop the horizontal flowers of oak and laurel branches

It is dated to Balvi (eastern Latvia) on January 25

the reverse with a barrel hinge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction 25th CEF Battalion Cap badge(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