Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Cloth Version, Four-Tone Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac however he signed it Ernst

however he signed it Ernst Heinlein

(Kaiserliche Marine Abzeichen und Papiere)

An award of the “Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer” (Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918) to Joseph Bock

at the personal request of President Paul von Hindenburg

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Cloth Version, Four-Tone Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac however he signed it Ernst(Beobachterabzeichen Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of a padded grey blue wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika and executed in dark grey, slate grey, and silver grey machine embroidery, the reverse retaining its original black rayon cloth backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a four tone variant produced by a