Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction retaining about 97% of original

retaining about 97% of original gilded finish: with award document for II Grade clasp (silver grade)

1907 in Manitou

1919 in the London Gazette 31132 and in the Canadian Gazette on April 12

by Lieutenant-Colonel Thibault at Christmas 2004

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge To Friedrich Widenbach, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction retaining about 97% of original(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered tombac, this badge is composed of a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flattened tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely