Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Cloth Version Newly Listed propeller crossguard

propeller crossguard

1966 and awarded to public servants as a reward for honesty and incorruptibility in performance of their duties

" above and "MEISTERSCHAFTEN" below and engraved "3X1000 M

Machine woven silvery-grey cotton construction cufftitle

thirty bodies were never recovered

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, Cloth Version Newly Listed propeller crossguard(Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 69 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.