Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a white band

topped by a white band bearing a hand-embroidered golden-yellow inscription of “NAT

000 were military personnel

The reverse bears the Japanese inscription translating to “Merit Badge

with a back horizontal hanger with pin

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Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac topped by a white band(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 51 mm (w) x 52. 98 mm (h), weighing