Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive German WWI Veteran’s Merit Award

German WWI Veteran’s Merit Award - German WWI Veteran’s Award of merit

followed by one and a half year's service with the 59th Infantry Battalion

measures 40 mm (w) x 6 mm (h)

Stitched in place to the edge of the brim is a narrow strip of black leather trim that travels around the circumference of the hat

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive German WWI Veteran’s Merit Award(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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 52. 54 mm