Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive while both plates of the

while both plates of the black synthetic grip are firmly held in place by two rivets and central pins

16 mm (w) x 41

(1936-1937 issue)

1917 and then in the field on June 14

on 15 April 1897

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive while both plates of the(Beobachterabzeichen der Luftwaffe mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping and patinated Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 67