Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude 79 mm (w) x 102

79 mm (w) x 102 mm (h - inclusive of ring suspension)

and the gilded bronze features demonstrate minor loss of finish

Footnote: Wing designs with the shield fronted by the letters "US" were produced by various makers based on the Regulations of August 1917

a superb napoleonic era decoration referred to as a later Bacqueville manufacture

Accompanied by fifteen Ribbon Bars (ten with four ribbons

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude 79 mm (w) x 102(Beobachterabzeichen 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 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 W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 53. 30 mm (w) x 52. 42 mm (h),