Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He died on March 30

He died on March 30

1945 he was promoted to SS-Oberführer

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Bartels led a successful campaign to prevent the unveiling of a statue of Heinrich Heine in 1906

Germany, Imperial. A Pilot’s Badge, By C.e. Juncker, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He died on March 30(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 45. 36 mm (w)