Civil Pilot and Radio Operator Badge (C.E Juncker Berlin SW)

Instituted April 1st 1936, the Civil Pilot Badge was awarded to civilian aircraft pilots who were employed in the Lufthansa airline/Luftwaffe and were a pilot or flight instructor for at least 1 year.
These instructors would have been training the early clandestine Luftwaffe members and with the outbreak of WW2 all civilian pilots who were fit for service would have been enlisted in the Luftwaffe.