Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive Baltimore at 1 pm

Baltimore at 1 pm

His father was a Cotton Merchant by trade

Accompanied by an Ausweis der Deutschen Volksliste (ID Card of the German People’s List) issued to Michalski on 24 February 1944

05 mm x 63

9 grams inclusive of its ribbon and hanger

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive Baltimore at 1 pm(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver with gilt, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff,