A First War Prussian Pilot’s Badge By C. E. Juncker Of Berlin Auction Archive Page 11: Schmelzer was drafted

Page 11: Schmelzer was drafted into the Stamm-Kompanie Bau Ers

He was made First Lieutenant of his company

light wear on the arms

stamped "Polish Combatants' Association in Great Britain" and numbered "948"

An issue of the Illustrierter Film-Kurier

A First War Prussian Pilot’s Badge By C. E. Juncker Of Berlin Auction Archive Page 11: Schmelzer was draftedA very fine example of a Prussian Pilots (Flugzeugfhrer) badge; in stamped silver; hollow; with very fine details; the obverse with a standard pilots badge motive within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves, with a bow on the bottom of the wreath, ordained by the Prussian crown at the top; vertical needle pinback, with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch; breather hole directly below the catch; maker marked C. E. Juncker, Berlin, with a