Germany, Luftwaffe. A Superb Combined Pilot & Observer Badge With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive 1942 as Lieutenant and pilot

1942 as Lieutenant and pilot

who was shot down on New Year's Day 1945

Iron Cross First Class 1914 (silver frame

before rejoining his unit on April 3rd

embarked Japan for Korea

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Superb Combined Pilot & Observer Badge With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive 1942 as Lieutenant and pilot(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Instituted 1936. (Issued 1937 1945). Constructed of nickel silver, with a narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting a round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position, the