Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction weighing 1 gram

weighing 1 gram

the reverse with a two-piece screwback device

marked “Vincent Mayer’s Söhne

on January 16

usually Western Allied POWs

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By C.e. Juncker Auction weighing 1 gram(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, with a richly detailed, oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a damaged barrel hinge, with an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position, the obverse of the eagle is stamped with a makers mark of C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring