Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive Second War United States Army

Second War United States Army Air Forces Pilot Badge (in sterling silver

Silver gilt with blue and white enamels

All four of these prestigious and delicately made awards are suspended from a petite chain with a needle pin in Gold on either side

The top of the bicorne is adorned from end-to-end with thin black and brown feathers

maker marked with LDO code “L/54” for Schauerte & Höhfeld

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Glider Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive Second War United States Army(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