Luftwaffe Juncker Glider Badge

[Stan]

Here are shots of my Glider Pilot Badge mm'd "Juncker". I read somewhere that these Juncker wreaths are cast.

Stan

[J Temple-West]

Stan,

Looks like a very nice example to me!

I've never heard of the 'cast wreath' theory. I would say die struck.

[Stan]

Stan,

Looks like a very nice example to me!

I've never heard of the 'cast wreath' theory. I would say die struck.

Thanks John for the comments.

I looked up the source of the "Cast Wreaths" opinion and it came from Mike Kenny and Frank Heukemes who were commenting on a Juncker Glider badge and stated that "in most cases Juncker wreaths are cast except for earlier Luftwaffe badges".

Stan

[ERIC]

I've never heard of the 'cast wreath' theory. I would say die struck.

Me either - I would definately say that your example is die struck as well.

ERIC

[PKeating]

Lovely badge, Stan! Maybe they felt that the blanks were cast and then die-struck for detail. The wreath of every original Glider Pilot Badge I'd had was clearly struck on a set of dies.

PK

[Stijn David]

Hello Stan,

Very nice badge, thank you for sharing

I concur with the others on the wreath, etc ...

Cordial greetings,

[PKeating]

Here's one I had at one stage.

PK