Show us your early Juncker Para badge.

[Giel VW]

Must have seen a lot of combat Scott, just look at the wear on the bottom of the wreath nice badge

[deejay]

Hi

and thanks again for posting There are some lovely (indeed) earliest types out there I would love to get my hands on, who knows maybe someday. I (and others I guess) have already learnt lots of new things from you all on this thread, hopefully more to come.

regards,

DJ

[Lucky Duck]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=16191&page=3


I remember when this early Juncker type was considered a fake.
Looks like Yuri and Lorenzo Brown are eating crow now.



Ray

[Gerd W.]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=16191&page=3


I remember when this early Juncker type was considered a fake.
Looks like Yuri and Lorenzo Brown are eating crow now.



Ray

These early birds are very rare, so such a discussion is normal (IMHO)....I was on the same track a while ago ....

Facts are: Junckers 1style badges have provenance in wartime postcards (a lot of other bagdes not!) and some can be direct linked to the wearer.
Btw, Neil H. has a fantastic named badge of a General Göring Regiment member (+documents of this soldier).

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=63232

[Jan Arne S]

Btw, Neil H. has a fantastic named badge of a General G******246;ring Regiment member (+documents of this soldier).

That Badge is in Eric`s Collection now .
Sadly Neil had to sell some of His excellent LW Badges .
But I think thay all have gone to other seriouse Collectors .

Jan Arne

[ERIC S.]

Yes, I was fortunate enough to acquire this Regiment General Göring Grouping from Neil. Here is the 1st pattern badge from this group, complete with inscription to the Fallschirmjäger Johann Heitkamp.
ERIC

[ERIC S.]

Reverse:

[ERIC S.]

Here's another early bird, a hybrid - 2nd pattern eagle on a 1st pattern wreath.

[ERIC S.]

Its reverse:

[ERIC S.]

Another interesting variation - a 2nd pattern eagle on a J2 wreath.

[ERIC S.]

Reverse:

[Gerd W.]

Eric you´re killing me Awesome badges!!

I wished, I had the right cash last year...but my pockets were empty at that time Anyway, the badges are in another good home now.

[deejay]

Hi Eric S.

Those are very nice! I did not know the 2nd eagle existed on the 1st pattern wreath, so it's the first time for me to see one, thanks.

These I feel are in good hands.

regards,

DJ

[Dennis P]

Beautiful badges Eric.

The named example, along with your others are truly spectacular.

I took the liberty of making a wreath comparison composite with your last two postings just to illustrate the differences between the patterns.

Dennis

[deejay]

Just to keep this thread on going; please post your Juncker para badges, I know there are more among us.

Help make this thread, it could be a uniek collection for future reference!

Thanks,
DJ