Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer Archive (Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht Schulterklappen)

(Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht Schulterklappen)

Supreme Knight Matthews wrote in Columbia magazine (April

dual latch closure

including a Flight Personnel Unteroffizier shoulder strap

consisting of a silver gilt Maltese cross with white enameled arms

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer Archive (Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht Schulterklappen)(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, bearing a full makers mark of P. MEYBAUER,