Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mixed Lot of Badges, Insignia, and Accessories Hold including a 9-Year Long Service

including a 9-Year Long Service Medal

with a silver gilt ring bordering the red enamel surround inscribed L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Unity is Strength)

and a cut-out newspaper article dated 1950 regarding a topping out ceremony of a house Rupert helped built

Comprised of solid silver

he was active in various capacities with the United States Army

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mixed Lot of Badges, Insignia, and Accessories Hold including a 9-Year Long Service(Luftwaffe Abzeichen, Insignien, und Zubehr). A mixed lot of Luftwaffe badges, insignia, and accessories, including: 1 A Pilot and Observer Badge, cloth version, constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 80 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition. 2. An