Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden

Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Weltinnerhalb des XIX

An additional leather covered replacement button has been sewn in place just inside the opening on the right side near the bottom of the coat

In the Summer of 1917

the son of John Porter and Esther Susannah Porter

Her forename is spelled "Hortense" on her award

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden(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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 51 mm (w) x 52. 98 mm (h), weighing