Germany, Luftwaffe. A Case for an Observer’s Badge, Gebrüder Wegerhoff Design, Mid- to Late-War Example Auction Archive 1944) with his service number

1944) with his service number

5 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

a fine example of a cuff title worn by the members of the 1st Waffen-SS Panzer Division

" Upon his return

partook in the mission to free the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Case for an Observer’s Badge, Gebrüder Wegerhoff Design, Mid- to Late-War Example Auction Archive 1944) with his service number(Etui zum Beobachterabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of pressed card stock with a faux dark blue leather exterior liner, the lid bearing a silvered inscription of BEOBACHTERABZ., the interior with a blue felt lid lid and slotted blue felt medal bed, closing with a functional metal spring catch with exterior stud release, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a design credited to Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 72 mm (w) x 80