Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue GTRexclude with its original salesman’s board

with its original salesman’s board

and the authorities ordered the dead to be buried in a mass unmarked grave

center patinated and separately attached

Naming is officially impressed on the CGSM and officially engraved on CAFOD

then saw a series of postings: to the Sailing Brig H

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Silver Grade, Post-1957 Reissue GTRexclude with its original salesman’s board(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse depicting an an observation balloon bearing a Balkan Cross, inside an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 74 mm (w) x 52. 60 mm (h), weighing 35. 6 grams, in near mint condition.