Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Hughes was appointed Acting Lance

Hughes was appointed Acting Lance Corporal at Bramshott on September 13

stamped oval shaped blackened tombac

and the gilded bronze features demonstrate minor loss of finish

59th Ordnance Group Badge (bronze gilt with orange and black enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Hughes was appointed Acting Lance(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 53. 30 mm (w) x 52. 42 mm (h),