Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude 20 mm (w) x 73

20 mm (w) x 73

with its fate closely reflecting the vicissitudes of the Polish people

the rank he held when his unit was involved in the Battle of Kursk

A First War Officer's Holster to Lieut

1918 during the Reims Offensive

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude 20 mm (w) x 73(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 P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 53. 11 mm (w) x 53. 27 mm (h), weighing 43.