Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive Middlesex (dated October 16

Middlesex (dated October 16

as used during the Victorian period)

the left presenting a “U

measures 34mm (w) x 44

a 1915 Austro-Hungarian Isonzo Front cap badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive Middlesex (dated October 16(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