Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge By C.e. Juncker, “Thin Wreath” Version certificate_of_authenticity flanked on either side by

flanked on either side by equal stripes of red

with a severed exterior hinge

Type II with Rama VI (1911) and Type III with Rama VII (1927)

1874 in Herne (western Germany)

8 mm (w) x 45

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge By C.e. Juncker, “Thin Wreath” Version certificate_of_authenticity flanked on either side by(Beobachterabzeichen). Institued on 26. 3. 1936. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of tombac, with a richly detailed, narrow version oak wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting a round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position, maker marked C. J.