Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Flyers Commemorative Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed 4mm (x59mm including wreath suspension)

4mm (x59mm including wreath suspension)

Constructed of red wool with a cardboard reinforcement

Flying time for the four Lakehurst to Lakehurst legs was 12 days

measuring 68 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

Medal for Service to the Country

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Flyers Commemorative Badge, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed 4mm (x59mm including wreath suspension)(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, overlaid by a central eagle on a hollow background flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a depressed barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by C. E.