Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction on a steel wool base

on a steel wool base

issued to Schmidt von Knobelsdorf in the pre-war and First World War periods

The obverse ricasso is etched with the monogram of King Peter II of Yugoslavia (reign: 1934-1945) in the centre flanked by an ornate floral design above and below

Both of them were also involved in the Philosophical Club

was instituted on January 28

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction on a steel wool base(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 eagle in position (both demonstrating classic cascading tool marks), with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting around wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the