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Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Observer Badge, Maker Unknown

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Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Observer Badge, Maker Unknown

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Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Observer Badge, Maker Unknown

(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of one-piece nickel alloy, the obverse constructed of a laurel and oak wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon, with an enameled square insignia consisting of white, black, and red enamel, superimposed in the center within a bed of sun rays, with a Prussian crown at the top of the badge, the reverse with a sun ray design, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44.93 mm (w) x 71.22 mm (h), weighing 18.9 grams, and in overall very fine condition.

Footnote: For an Observer Badge with similar qualities see Stephen Thomas Previtera’s Imperial Sky: Flight Badges of The Imperial German and Bavarian Armies (Richmond, VA: Winidore Press, 2012), 242-243.