Observer Badge, by W. Deumer
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SKU: 01.GTR.0704.101.04.000
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(Beobachterzbeichen). Institued on 26.3.1936. (Issued 1936-1945). Constructed of feinzink, with a richly-detailed oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized “J-1” type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a flat tip meeting a round wire catch, two smooth-domed rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse eagle in position and bear the trademark trenching of the maker marked “Wilhelm Deumer, Lüdenscheid” on the reverse of the eagle, measuring 53.5 mm (w) x 52 mm (h) and weighing 43.7 grams, in very fine condition.
The Observer Badge was instituted on March 26, 1936, and was conferred upon observers, including navigators and bomb aimers, who served for at least two months with a non-operational squadron or had participated in at least five operational flights.
The number of operational sorties could be reduced to only one if the recipient had been injured.
If an individual had been issued the Luftwaffe Pilot Badge and the Observer Badge, they were eligible to receive the Combined Pilot/Observer Badge.
The badge was approved on November 27, 1935, but was not officially issued until March 26, 1936.
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