Glider Pilot Badge, by C. E. Juncker (in tombac)
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SKU: 01.GTR.0709.101.02.000
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Constructed of silvered and patinated tomabc; two piece construction - consisting of an oak leaf wreath with a mobile swastika on the bottom of the wreath, and an eagle that was separately soldered onto the wreath (with two rivets); vertical needle style pin with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch; unmarked however exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of Juncker; measuring 54.85 mm x 51.36 mm; weighing 24.1 grams; with the majority of the original silver-wash still remaining; in overall better than very fine condition.
The badge was established on December 16, 1940 by the Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring, and was conferred upon pilots who successfully acquired the gliding pilot licence.
The first badges were not awarded until 1942. With the disbanding of all glider pilot schools in September of 1944 no more badges were awarded after this date.
The badge was designed by Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus from Berlin.
The first badges were made by C. E. Juncker. Juncker and Brüder Schneider from Vienna were the only two companies to produce award pieces. The company MFP from Posen and an additional unknown maker produced official replacement pieces.
It is unknown how many Glider Pilot Badges were actually awarded, however the number is estimated at approximately 1700 at least.
Juncker made their early badges of tombac or nickel silver and the later ones out of zinc. The early badges are sometimes maker marked, while the zinc ones have never been found with a maker mark. The mark reads “C. E. Juncker Berlin SW”.
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