Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Civil Radio Operator Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 105 mm x 18

measuring 105 mm x 18 mm

before crashing

stamped with an issue number of “163”

A wooden case with a lacquer finish made for the Order of the Sacred TreasureI Class

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Civil Radio Operator Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 105 mm x 18(Zivile Bordfunkerabzeichen). Instituted 1 April 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a mobile swastika flanked by a pair of wings with feathering executed in exceptional detail, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 62. 61 mm (w) x 18. 08 mm (h), weighing 11. 1 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish to