Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive 00 mm (w) x 55

00 mm (w) x 55

First photograph illustrating three bombs having been ejected from an aircraft from which the photograph was taken

The interior is marked with a Reichsbetriebsnummer of “0/0460/0034” for an unidentified manufacturer

Areas around the eyepieces have experienced contact marks

Scholz took command of the 7th Company of the regiment

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive 00 mm (w) x 55(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 52. 54 mm