An Early Luftwaffe Observer’s Badge By Juncker; “Thin Wreath” Version Auction Archive showing troops in action on

showing troops in action on reverse

After one week in France

Forrest was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 4

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Austria on 8 May 1945

An Early Luftwaffe Observer’s Badge By Juncker; “Thin Wreath” Version Auction Archive showing troops in action onEagle in patinated tombac, a thin wreath in silvered tombac, marked on reverse C. E. Juncker Berlin SW, badge weighs 28. 5 grams, textbook example by this much sought after maker, with nice old patina, in slightly worn condition, extremely fine. These early thin wreath badges are considerably lighter in construction then later version in tombac (later version weighs around 40 grams). A very good example of an early thin wreath Observers badge by