WW2 Luftwaffe Observer Badge – Meybauer . GO6197cxbw

WW2 German Luftwaffe Observers Badge (Beobachterabzeichen). Marker marked on back: P.Meybauer Berlin. Tombak based badge with riveted tombak darken/oxidized eagle. Worn condition.

Additional Notes: The Luftwaffe Observer’s Badge (Beobachterabzeichen) was a German military badge that was awarded before and during WW2 to members of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). They qualified for the badge after completing two months of qualifying service and five operational flights in the role of observer, navigator or bombardier; also, it could be awarded after a member of the German Air Force was wounded while acting in the capacity of an observer during a qualifying flight. It was worn on the left breast tunic pocket of an air force or political uniform tunic. A citation was issued with the awarded badge. Thereafter, Luftwaffe service personnel who had already been awarded the Pilot’s Badge and Observer’s Badge could qualify for the Pilot-Observer Badge. After July of 1944 the regulations were changed, and the recipient had to have held both qualification certificates for at least one year to qualify for the Pilot-Observer Badge.

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