Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Cloth and Bullion Version for Officers consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a Gothic Cross

consisting of a Gothic Cross Pattée

the naming in black threading on a white cotton patch

LUKE PTY LTD MELB" on their reverses

new-old stock Luftwaffe signal’s shoulder boards

marked with the logo of maker Gebrüder Wegerhoff

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Cloth and Bullion Version for Officers consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a Gothic Cross(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offiziere). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing an oval gold bullion wire laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a silver aluminum wire swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining an intact black cotton liner, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue to the wire features, a scarce example in uniform