Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Republic of (Nahkampfspange in Gold mit Etui)

(Nahkampfspange in Gold mit Etui)

A Mecklenburg-Schwerin War Merit Cross II Class

Footnote: Narayan Singh served in the 14th King George’s Own Ferozepore Sikhs

Carlos V/Charles V

the reverse bearing a handwritten dedication from France and a date of “20

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Republic of (Nahkampfspange in Gold mit Etui)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W., measuring 65. 06 mm (w) x 52. 55 mm