Thoughts on this Juncker's P/B

[James Noble]

Obervse

[James Noble]

Reverse..I know it's wounded would anyone have a barrel pin they would like to sell?

[James Noble]

any idea's on when it was made

[Tim B.]

jnoble,

Interesting that it's an early style pilot badge, but appears that no attempt was ever made to open the area between the eagle's legs. I have seen a few with varying degrees of openings from a basic hole to one completely finished with the whole area filed out.
Tim

[Mike Kenny]

Hi,

Looks like a genuine first pattern Juncker to me - pity about the absence of pin/catch. I'm not sure about Tim's comments though - from what I've seen, the majority of these first patterns do NOT have the cutout between the legs, so no cause for concern on this point from me.

Regards
Mike K

[ERIC S.]

Alright From My House

I too believe you have a nice 1st pattern badge there also. It is a shame the pin and catch are missing! The absence of a hole between the talons does not concern me either. I have seen my share
of "no hole" eagles myself and this definately looks like one of them IMO. Not as desireable without the missing parts, but still a nice example of a rare badge nonetheless!
ERIC

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Hi james,

looks like a good original badge to me. Don´t worry about the lack of cutout between the legs, that is normal on very early badges.
A good tip would be take it to your local trusted juweler and ask him if he can make you a pin and attach a hook, most good juwelers can do this and it does´nt cost more than 50$, it also saves you the risky job of doing it yourself.

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