Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude the perimeter of the cap

the perimeter of the cap trimmed in a flowing thistle-pattern design

measuring 106 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

1907-19018 Issue

measuring 33mm (w) x 37mm (h)

the Fourth Army faced Austro-Hungarian and German forces

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude the perimeter of the cap(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,