Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold The Air Observer schools were

The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF

the roll catch having been lost to time and its housing pinched together

in silvery rayon threads

maker marked "GWL" (Gebrüder Wegerhoff

accompanied by its period original pocket of issue

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold The Air Observer schools were(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and patinated tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid radiant starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc bearing a black enameled mobile swastika, within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, surrounded on both sides by red enameled rings, the reverse with four visible rivets