Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Combined Pilot And Observer Badge By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive He wears a German Cross

He wears a German Cross

as some were worn without a chain

but it was as a member of Squadron Leader Ian Patersons crew that he was to witness no less than four spectacular U-Boat strikes in the winter 1942

with painted national tri-colour roundel

most of the cheques measuring 82 mm x 197 mm each)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Cased Combined Pilot And Observer Badge By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive He wears a German Cross(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Instituted 1936. (Issued 1937 1945). Constructed of gilted and silvered tombac, with an oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika in J 2 variation, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting a round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in