Luftwaffe LW Para Juncker

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Guys !

This LW Para Badge maker Juncker arrived on Friday .

Jan Arne

[Jan Arne S]

Back of LW Para Juncker .

Jan Arne

[Bob Hunter]

Stunning piece. Congratulations on adding it to your collection.

[ERIC]

Superb pre war piece Jan! They don't get much better than that my friend!

ERIC

[J Temple-West]

A very nice 1st pattern Juncker. Jan.

This badge certainly gets around! I've followed this badge through (including yourself) its last four owners.

At last, I think it's found a permanent home. And a good home it is..

[Neil B]

Can anybody confirm that these 1st pattern badges were only accepted as stand-alone originals just a few years ago?

I just seem to remember a thread at WAF that questioned these and suggested that they may have been early Assman badges.

Perhaps I dreamed it though.....

(I am not hinting that they are anything but original of coures!)

I will search for the thread in the meantime

Neil

[J Temple-West]

Hi Neil,

Here's a little something on the 1st pattern Juncker Para. The side by side comparison will show why there was this confusion between the 1st pattern Juncker and Assmann badges.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1619

[Neil B]

Thanks for the link John.

These pre-war paras are very different from their later bretheren.

The first time I came across them was from pictures of Neil Howes early Junker with the unit and name inscription.

After a search,I think this is the thread I mentioned earlier:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...Fallschirmjager

These are obviously pretty rare then-certainly more so than the wartime badges.

I must say though,in purely visual terms,I prefer the second style of eagle(wouldn't say no to one of 'em however!)

Neil

[Guest Darrell]

Very nice JanArne,

Good article John, I was almost fooled into thinking Assman Eagle as well when I first laid my peepers on it.

[Richard Gordon]

Congratulations on obtaining your rare badge. That was some update that it was in and quite a few shared the spoils!

Rich

Edited December 27, 2005 by Richard Gordon

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Richard !

Like I said in a other Forum ,that LW Pilotbadge is just LOVELY . .

Wonder if any of the members got the any of the two CEJ marked badges in same update .

Jan Arne