Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity surrounding two bands of dark

surrounding two bands of dark brown threaded piping

It was published in 1980 by Peerage Books of London

mounted to a copper-finished bronze base

According to its charter

Instituted in 1881 (multi-piece construction

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity surrounding two bands of dark(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver with gilt, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff,