Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Cloth Version Newly Listed (""Louis the Great instituted it

(""Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"")

naming on the reverse has been erased

trimmed with a radiant fring

with the inscription “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE

with clear signs of period wear

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Cloth Version Newly Listed (""Louis the Great instituted it(Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of slate grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.