Description
consisting of a Gothic Cross Pattée
Much of what happened will never be known
the naming in black threading on a white cotton patch
new-old stock Luftwaffe signal’s shoulder boards
He was reported as suffering from colitis in mid-April
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Cloth and Bullion Version for Officers consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a Gothic Cross(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offiziere). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing an oval gold bullion wire laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a silver aluminum wire swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining an intact black cotton liner, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue to the wire features, a scarce example in uniform