Paratrooper Badge by Juncker

[ww2germanhelmet]

Good afternoon guys. I just had this one come in today with a fairly substantial vet grouping out of Minnesota. I know the FJ badges are heavily faked. I am liking this badge top to bottom. Possibly re-soldered catch. The patina & all seems correct. Is the Eagle Tombak? It has a nice patina. Are the Juncker badges any more rare than others? Would this badge be considered an earlier type as most that I see are the Zinc types. Any opinions are welcome on the badge.

Cheers! Dave

[ww2germanhelmet]

reverse & maker

[deejay]

As you stated repaired catch but a definate early original

[Daniel.C]

I like it!!!
Dan Cunningham

[alessio cammelli]

yes..for sure heavily faked...but yours is not one of those....cool badge..that saw some fightings I guess....

ale

[ww2germanhelmet]

Thanks for the opinions so far. The badge came from the widow of the vet in Minnesota along with a good number of badges & insignia. Everything in the group seems 100% correct.

The question I had is are the Junckers any more rare than other makers and would this one be any more desirable than the zinc mid to late war examples?

[alessio cammelli]

Thanks for the opinions so far. The badge came from the widow of the vet in Minnesota along with a good number of badges & insignia. Everything in the group seems 100% correct.

The question I had is are the Junckers any more rare than other makers and would this one be any more desirable than the zinc mid to late war examples?

Well...from what I know Junckers FJ badge are not rarer than other makers...
indeed this one (also named) is more desiderable than zinc made and late war badges ....
that's only my two c. (my knowledge is not complete)...

will be waiting for more opinions here

ciao

[Mark C.]

Thanks for the opinions so far. The badge came from the widow of the vet in Minnesota along with a good number of badges & insignia. Everything in the group seems 100% correct.

The question I had is are the Junckers any more rare than other makers and would this one be any more desirable than the zinc mid to late war examples?

I would expect a dealer to price this one about $1,000.00 to $1,200.00 USD

[RJKG]

Any opinions on this one ?


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[Lubo]

RJKG, it is very uncommon to encounter a zinker with such a hardware combination!
I like it!

[karlo]

Any opinions on this one ?


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great photography.....makes me wanna want that badge...alluring...k

[RJKG]

Thanks for the comments. Am I right in guessing that it's a late war Juncker example ?

[Thomas Durante]

Hi guys,

Dave, very nice original like has already been said. This is the 2nd pattern used by Juncker, and is probably the most common Para badge that is encountered other than maybe Assmann or FLL. The repaired catch would certainly devalue it a bit, but everything else is nice and textbook and with a nice inscribed name on it.

RJKG, yours is also a fine original Juncker in zinc. The zinc Juncker badges were not marked for some reason, but they used the exact same eagle and wreath die as the earlier, marked tombak examples like Dave's.

Tom