on loop for suspension with its period original ribboned pinned with Luftwaffe device
Nothing is written on the reverse
Officer’s Badge in Gold and enamels
Home Service) and recommended that he be discharged "as unfit for further Military Service
as head of the orders of knighthood
Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Early Example, by Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity on loop for suspension with(Beobachterabzeichen). 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 Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 20 mm (w) x 52. 60 mm (h), weighing 44.