Glider Qualification Badge

[Steve B]

Does anyone have any idea as to which firm produced this late war medal? It appears that both pieces were in war metal, with the back of the wreath uneven and not well finished.
Thanks,
Steve
http://www.geocities.com/sbreeskin/glyde1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/sbreeskin/glyde4.jpg

[Stijn David]

Glider badge

Hello,


Your links does not seem to work => any chance of getting that straight ? , pictures are worth a thousand words in our beloved hobby , looking forward to see this one .


Cordial Greetings,

[Bryan Poon]

Hi Steve

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BP

[Steve B]

Reply

Thanks, write to me direct and I will email you the scans.
Steve
ibcasperx@yahoo.com

[Steve B]

Pix Postedf

Here are some pix of the badge.
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/ibcasperx...itaria&.view=t

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hi Steve, I looked at your scans. I believe that Junkers was the only firm that produced this badge marked and unmarked in the early variation. As far as your example goes I question the the authenticity. The detailing seems a little off as well as the coloring, this just might just be do to the scans. Also the medal appears to be too thin as well as the beek on the eagle is wrong. I have a Junkers that I will post to this thread for referance as time allows. Do you own this badge or are you looking to buy it? Looks like a bad copy, not a late war variant. IMO.
Thanks
Joe

[Stijn David]

correction

Hello,


Wel it seems that this thread is devided into two seperate forums , i have commented on the other forum ( general ) , => for Joseph , it is not correct that Junckers was the only firm involved in the production of this rare badge .

The Firm of Junckers was certainly not the only one to produce such badges ( it is true that they produced the marked & unmarked badge as probably also the large eagle variant ) , another manufacture that can be found is BSW ( Bruder schneider / Wien ) , they also produced a marked and unmarked piece !!! , there where probably also other producers involved but there is no proof at this moment for this

Cordial Greetings,

[Joseph D'Errico]

Thanks Steve I never saw a BSW LW Gliders badge, or any of the other Makers, your right I double checked the Maker list and their is about four, But I have to be honest I hope that somebody can post some examples other than Junkers.
Thanks
Joe

[IVAN]

Hello

following is a Deumer glider badge in buntmetall in very good condition near mint

Ivan

[Joseph D'Errico]

Thanks Ivan, this is a huge help to me and thanks Steve Great thread for me,learned important info.
All the Best
Joe

[Prosper Keating]

Here's an early, near-mint Glider Pilot Badge by C E Juncker. By the way, W Deumer of Ludenscheid also made GPBs.

PK

[Prosper Keating]

And here is the reverse of the above badge:

PK

[Larry Lipps]

A BSW marked badge for further reference.

[Stijn David]

i disagree on one badge

Hello,


I must disagree on one of the GPB that is shown here =>Prosper the one that you show is certainly not a typical GPB produced by the famous firm of Juncker / Berlin.

Have a look in the appropriate section of this asso. ( Glider PIlots badge ) and compare the there shown unmarked Juncker badge ( eagle, wreath, rivets, etc .. etc .. ) with the one that you are showing , the differences ( different eagle , different rivets, etc .. ) are just to much to accept this badge IMHO as original .

Just my humble opinion ,

[Gene]

My unmarked glider badge, front