Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Early Example, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and tube for feathers

and tube for feathers

shield-shaped

1914-15 Star (S-5502

the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

and a bomb wound to the left thigh

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Early Example, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and tube for feathers(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.