Description
Wick received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross in August 1940
with fully intact enamel work
upper left corner torn off
After more than thirty-six hours of flying
Fee with a strength of 35 officers and 775 other ranks
Prussia, State. A Prussian Observer’s Badge, 1957 Reissue United Republic of Wick received the Knight’s Cross(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse presents a laurel and oak wreath tied together by a ribbon at the base, with an enameled square insignia consisting of white, black, and red enameled superimposed on the centre within a bed of sun rays, with a Prussian crown at the top of the badge, reverse is flat with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x (70 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.