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

Lankin was attached to Canadian Corps Company at Kinmel Park Camp for his return to Canada on March 29th

An issue of the Illustrierter Film-Kurier

He was made First Lieutenant of his company

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