Germany, Luftwaffe. A Observer Badge; Padded Cloth Version Newly Listed light blue silk backing

light blue silk backing

Constructed of machine embroidered silver wire threads on top of black wool base

measuring 43 mm x 43 mm

the son of Ralph Edward McDiarmid and Eva Eliza McDiarmid (nee Coghill)

the obverse with a Russian Cyrillic maker’s mark of “ИК” for “И

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Observer Badge; Padded Cloth Version Newly Listed light blue silk backing(Stoff Luftwaffe Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of Luftwaffe grey wool; the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a black paper backer, a padded stuffed example, measuring approximately 60 mm (w) x 59 mm (l), light to moderate mothing evident on the obverse, an unissued example in overall near extremely