Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Observer’s Badge, C.1917 United Republic of sixteen days shy of his

sixteen days shy of his twenty-third birthday

Third badge is sterling silver with blue enamels

Surrey and would spend the next three weeks recuperating

The tapered sides of the crevasse had broken his fall

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Observer’s Badge, C.1917 United Republic of sixteen days shy of his(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silver plated brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a central multi coloured enameled square checkered insignia on a ribbed field, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,