Per many requests, some examples from my collection. I will add to this as time permits. I will start off with my pride and joy, a pair of Imperial Prussian Air Gunner Badges, both by Juncker, Berlin. Private-Purchase example in 800 silver, maker marked, catch repaired. Stamped, issued badge, maker marked. In my experience, this is the absolute hardest Prussian aviation badge to find. I have been blessed to have handled a total of 3 of the issue badge, but this is the only example of the P/P in silver I've handled and only the third I've seen, including catalogues.
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Reverse of Air Gunners....
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Bavarian Pilot Badge
Another extremely difficult badge to find. Karl Pöllath Private Purchase Bavarian Pilot BadgeLast edited by stogieman; 05-03-2005, 12:04 PM.Comment
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I can appreciate your joy and satisfaction in finding and owning something like that. Wonderful examples, thanks for sharing.
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Reverse of Bavarian Pilot
.... looks like this:Last edited by stogieman; 05-03-2005, 12:04 PM.Comment
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An interesting period card
One of my favorites, a period postcard with the P/B illustrated.Last edited by stogieman; 05-03-2005, 12:04 PM.Comment
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Nice Pair!
Nice cased pair of Prussian Pilot Badges. The one on the left being about mid-war, the one on the right being more ca. 1918.Last edited by stogieman; 05-03-2005, 12:05 PM.Comment
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Now, just for fun.......
....... the "Evil Twin" has decided yet again to taunt me with this photo.... some guy wearing a badge just like mine!
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Rick, WOW
some very great aviation badges. I am surprised at how much difference in detail there is between the mid-war and late-war cased badges.
It was ww1 aviation that got me interested in colecting german tidbits way back in high school. Reading about the Red Baron , Eddie Richenbacher ect. And of course watching the Blue Max and hearing snoopy vs. the red baron.
All that stuff set me on this path of financial ruin and cool things.
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Ahh.. Imperial quality..
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Hi Rick,
Those are very nice items. Reading a couple of the Aviation Awards volumes and seeing these tempts me to stray into another aspect of collecting Imperial German militaria.
Do you have any observer badges or paperwork and photographs to go with them?
Cheers,
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Err ... do you mean like........
........ this one David, this fantastic cased Junckers Observer badge is from my friend Stogies collection that I was lucky to wrestle from his clutches
It still has most of it's frosting and is the pride of my collection. Thank you Stogie
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and now .....
the reverse .....Comment
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