Prussia, State. An Observer’s Badge, By Paul Meybauer, C.1918 Auction Archive with its mint and full-length

with its mint and full-length period-original ribbon

slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a thick flat/rounded catch

machine embroidered in tan threads on olive green cotton

he became an SS-Sturmmann

Prussia, State. An Observer’s Badge, By Paul Meybauer, C.1918 Auction Archive with its mint and full-lengthA first war Prussian Beobachterabzeichen; in silvered feinzink; hollow construction; with an enameled square insignia consisting of white, black, and red enamels mounted to the center of the badge via two hooks on the reverse; the square insignia placed within a bed of sun rays and a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves, and with a bow on the bottom, and a Prussian crown on the top of the wreath; unmarked; measuring 72. 36 mm x 45. 47 mm; the