Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive Dark patina on BWM

Dark patina on BWM

where he was posted to the Home Fleet with the Protected Cruiser H

Constructed of flat and round gilded wire

covered on the obverse with smooth black wool

McIssac was transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion in November 1918 and then returned home to Canada in mid-January 1919

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive Dark patina on BWM(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse depicting an an observation balloon bearing a Balkan Cross, inside an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 83 mm (w) x 52. 70 mm (h), weighing 36. 2 grams, in near mint condition.