Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive 1915 to West Cliff Canadian

1915 to West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital at Folkestone with a case of "Phlebitis" (the inflammation of a vein)

9 mm in diameter

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Lieutenant Colin Holmes Stalker / No

Austria was just the first target

and Medal of Freedom (bronze gilt

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive 1915 to West Cliff Canadian(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 64 mm (w) x 53. 40 mm (h),