Pilot Commemorative Badge JUNKER

[ben bijker]

Extremely nice Frank, as usual

Congrats!
Ben

[Mike H]

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Is this the famous "puff belly"?

Mike

[mmiller]

Hi Mike,

Glad to see you 'kicking around' every now and then. How could you ignore the RPB.

"Puff Belly". OK, that will work. As a side note, the badge posted is the Type-2 example. This badge was also struck in Aluminum.

Regards,
Mark

[Mike H]

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Mark,

Yes, it's a beauty. I couldn't help myself -- once you start with this stuff, you can never fully let go.

I remember a few SOS's back, one of the big boys up front had one of these for sale for $6.5K. He called it the "puff belly". It's a term I have never forgotten.

All the best,

Mike

[mmiller]

Mark,
I remember a few SOS's back, one of the big boys up front had one of these for sale for $6.5K.
All the best,

Mike

Hi Mike,

If you mean 'big boys' literally, I certainly know who you mean. If you meant 'big boys' figuratively, it's down to one or two.

And 6.5K, that's a great deal by today's US Standards. There are plenty hovering right around 1.5K, too. Or should I say 'floating'!



Mark

[Pierre]

Beautiful officer's cuff title

Pierre

[rfleming32]

I was reading the Glider Pilot Badge book last night and thought I had to smack myself to make sure I read it right. It said under award qualifications, page 30 "On the occaision of the honorable discharge from active duty ....the flying commemorative badge will be awarded if the leaving soldier was for a duration of four years of possesion of the LW Glider Pilot Badge or any other Luftwaffe qualification badge". The Angola book makes a similar reference BUT ties it to service in WWI for the 4 years to apply; otherwise 15. The badge was discontinued after a short time so therefore rare even though the qualification criteria as stated would have made many eligable. Can anyone clarify this for me? What do you think the context of this group would be? Notice this person was an observer but with no observer badge. Did he turn that badge in to get the commemorative?

Nice Badge BTW~

Mark - Type 1 and Type 2 are based upon badge design and not material - correct?

[mmiller]

Mark - Type 1 and Type 2 are based upon badge design and not material - correct?

Hi Richard,

Correct. Different dies. Interesting to note, the Type 2 Juncker, in addition to Buntmetal, was made in Aluminum. Talk about 'rare'.

Regards,
Mark

[Gary B]

Gentlemen,

I was offered the so called puff belly (or barrel chest as some call it) for $8.5K last year.

As for the aluminum version I know of one which is in the collection of a member here.

Gary B

[Ludwig]

Excellent! When you split that grouping, I´m interested in the cufftitle!

[Jørgen E]

This is really an excellent grouping! The Retired Pilots Badge is my favourite badge of all!

[Brian S]

Very nice. But is it really a single person's grouping? I'm thinking it's not.

[ben bijker]

Brian, I kno w the person that posts this group very well

Almost everything is directly from vets or their families, and he doesn't mess with groups.

What are you basing your conclusion on??

Best regards,
Ben

[Ludwig]

Brian, I kno w the person that posts this group very well

Almost everything is directly from vets or their families, and he doesn't mess with groups.

What are you basing your conclusion on??

Best regards,
Ben

What falls out is the Luftwaffe comemmorative badge. It´s not very likely to find that and the other badges/insignias on the chest of the same soldier. But it could have been put together by another family member. The badges of father and son or so.

[Brian S]

I see a commemorative pilot's badge. I see an EK 1 39.

I'd find it nearly implausible that a pilot would not have won the EK1 1914 and therefore received the spange. The EK1 '39 just doesn't work for me...

I think the awards were collected a long time ago. No doubt. But not from the same awardee.