Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden he arrived in Boulogne

he arrived in Boulogne

obverse illustrating the right-facing conjoined busts of Wilhelm II

within a silver-grey border

interior lid marked CRAVANZOLA ROMA

It sits securely within a nickel-silver upper crossguard marked with eight notches

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden he arrived in Boulogne(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