Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue GTRexclude mounted to a five-sided aluminum

mounted to a five-sided aluminum suspension with pinback)

An Early Luftwaffe Pilot's Badge Named to Klalber - In tombac

published by Methuen & Co

No more than eighteen people were awarded the order and its cross by then

constructed of canvas

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue GTRexclude mounted to a five-sided aluminum(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.