Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Bronze Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive integral suspension)

integral suspension)

a very rare set of insignia

able to fight as fighter planes in the air or in bombing and strafing attacks of enemy ground targets

British Empire Medal

859 shells were expended during the battle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Bronze Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive integral suspension)(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, the obverse depicting an an observation balloon bearing a Balkan Cross, inside an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 61 mm (w) x 52. 80 mm (h), weighing 35. 2 grams, in near mint condition.