Germany. An Unissued Third Reich Period War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler Auction Observer’s Badge in Aluminum -

Observer’s Badge in Aluminum - measures 53

having to resort to enlist increasing numbers of younger and older men during the last years of the war

Auxiliary Air Force

A second war German gold grade wound badge by a popular maker

stamped face plate affixed by two rivets

Germany. An Unissued Third Reich Period War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler Auction Observer’s Badge in Aluminum -An absolutely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter, Maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension marked 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen 9; with a mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in