Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 02 mm (w) x 24

02 mm (w) x 24

he also represented Canada as a member of the Bisley team for 1899 and was a member of the team firing for the Palma Trophy in 1901

while the reverse bears a partially-intact inscription and a maker’s mark near the ricasso reading “Paul Weyersberg & Co

The spacer ring between the cross-guard and the celluloid grip is intact and well preserved

some unissued

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 02 mm (w) x 24(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver with gilt, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff,