Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne visually-hidden he was piloting a Lancaster

he was piloting a Lancaster III PB

The handle measures 226 mm (l)

Suffolk in 1978

maker marked “JB & Co

base in white felt with recessed medal beds for the badge and miniature

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne visually-hidden he was piloting a Lancaster(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak with nickel silver, 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, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring