Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Flyers Commemorative Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive SPQR Benemerenti Medal for Volunteers

SPQR Benemerenti Medal for Volunteers of the Defence of Vicenza 1848: in bronze

Footnote: The medal was instituted by the town of Château Thierry in 1920 to recognise the bravery of French and American soldiers who fought in the battle of Chateau Thierry on 18 July 1918

in overall in mint and unissued condition

a white cardboard insert placed within the base and housing a raised platform in red felt

each perforated at the top with an eyelet accommodating a drawstring which has been lost to time

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Flyers Commemorative Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive SPQR Benemerenti Medal for Volunteers(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.