Imperial pilot badge by Juncker

[all1knew]

Hello all,

I was wondering if I could please hear some thoughts on this piece.

Did Juncker continue to manufacture these pieces after hostilities had ceased? For instance, into the Weimar era available for private purchase?

William Kramer

[all1knew]

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[gmu]

Sorry to say, but this is a fake.

[otter76]

Indeed, all wrong with this one. Run away.

[Jelle M.]

Very common fake.

[Hagrid]

+1!
Regards
Hagrid

[all1knew]

thanks all!

Very different than the true Imperial but I didn't know if this was a later type. I appreciate all the help.

William Kramer

[phild]

As far as I have been able to determine Juncker did not make the 800 silver variation after WWI. That said, it would be impossible to say that none were assembled from stock and sold post 1919 by Juncker, but I have never found a variation this style badge that was not accounted for as a wartime associated variation.


On a broader note, I have long suspected that post WWI manufacture of these flight badges not that great...at least for silver variations as the demand could not have been that high in the 20s-30s and the price would have been pretty high, at least in the 20s and early 30s.