and the gilded bronze features demonstrate minor loss of finish
Footnote: Wing designs with the shield fronted by the letters "US" were produced by various makers based on the Regulations of August 1917
Accompanied by fifteen Ribbon Bars (ten with four ribbons
stamped oval shaped blackened tombac
Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude and the gilded bronze features(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 53. 30 mm (w) x 52. 42 mm (h),