Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic edge wear and chipping evident

edge wear and chipping evident in the black lacquer finish on the lid

of which three months were in France and Belgium before he was wounded

“EA” for “Ernst August”

It was later used for training before being decommissioned in the autumn of 1916

the upper in chocolate brown leather

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic edge wear and chipping evident(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, 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 eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of