Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction eventually becoming an American POW

eventually becoming an American POW

for Duty with the Flotilla Engineer Officer 3rd Canadian Landing Craft Infantry (L)

clockwise from the upper arm

feels weak

Police Long Service Award First Class

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Observer’s Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction eventually becoming an American POW(Beobachterabzeichen). 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 with the logo of F. W. Assmannn & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 52. 78 mm