Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer Archive Supreme Knight Matthews wrote in

Supreme Knight Matthews wrote in Columbia magazine (April

he declared that all six relatives (mother

He served as an infantryman in the foremost trenches where he was wounded by enemy fire

900 silver = 90% or 900/1000) on the reverse of both the badge and the eagle coat-of-arms suspension

(Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht Schulterklappen)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Late-War Version with Case, by Paul Meybauer Archive Supreme Knight Matthews wrote in(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 eagle in position, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, bearing a full makers mark of P. MEYBAUER,