Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive An Imperial German Army Group

An Imperial German Army Group of Four - mounted as worn

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

‘Royal Artillery Institution MDCCCXXXVIII’

Since the 1920s

he was discharged from hospital on September 17th

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive An Imperial German Army Group(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