Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed The Swords followed in 1944

The Swords followed in 1944

To the Chief of the 1st Minensuch-Flottille Corvette Captain Weniger

economically

before being transferred to Occupied Poland on 9 June for Operation Barbarossa

worn on a tunic

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed The Swords followed in 1944(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse depicting an an observation balloon bearing a Balkan Cross, inside an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 74 mm (w) x 52. 60 mm (h), weighing 35. 6 grams, in near mint condition.