Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version United Republic of Air Force Basic Navigator/Observer Badge

Air Force Basic Navigator/Observer Badge

Material fatigue and soiling is evident throughout

Measuring 17

February 1944" on the file folder cover)

circumscribed by inscriptions of “ZUR EINWEIHUNG DER EVANG

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version United Republic of Air Force Basic Navigator/Observer Badge(Deutsches Kreuz in Silber 1957 Ausfhrung). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, overlaid by a central silvered War Merit Cross with Swords, situated within a circular laurel leaf, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled borders, the reverse with five rivets