attached to the helmet via a u-shaped prong on the back of the cockade and slid through a slot behind the shako plate
marked "85" and maker marked "Limoges FRANCE" on the reverse
XIII - The Third Battalion in the Peninsula
with an assortment of attachments including prongs
Baur served as a nurse in the medical service during the First World War
Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, Cloth Version GTRexclude attached to the helmet via(Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of grey woo, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle executed in dark grey machine embroidery, unmarked, measuring 56 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.