Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Bronze Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Auction Archive Shock Troops

Shock Troops

Kathleen Shepard of Calgary

The blade itself exhibits a beautifully engraved ornate fillagree pattern on both sides and on the blade spine

in Mexico City

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Bronze Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Auction Archive Shock Troops(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.