Germany, Federal Republic. An Observer Badge, Early 1957 Version Archive Accompanied by a Societatis Apostolatus

Accompanied by a Societatis Apostolatus Catholic document

demonstrating some loss of finish to the base metal and repair of one of the prongs

The top of the cap

constructed of a card stock binding with a marbled red exterior liner

Germany, Federal Republic. An Observer Badge, Early 1957 Version Archive Accompanied by a Societatis Apostolatus(Beobachterabzeichen Ausfhrung 1957). 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, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a mark of A (possibly indicative of a connection to F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid),