Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Unit-Attributed Example With Case, By Imme & Sohn Auction (Croix de Guerre 1914-1918)

(Croix de Guerre 1914-1918)

Example is machine woven (BeVo) in golden-bronze threads over blue-green rayon cloth

the "lower class" recipients were getting the same award as the high ranking party apparatchiks

each side with a large cross in cotton

giving them alcohol and narcotics

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Unit-Attributed Example With Case, By Imme & Sohn Auction (Croix de Guerre 1914-1918)(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of tombak and nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Imme & Sohn, Berlin, measuring 53. 26