Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive with the handwritten inscription in

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Lieutenant Colin Holmes Stalker / No

having made a good recovery from both the gun shot wound suffered on August 9

1915 to West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital at Folkestone with a case of "Phlebitis" (the inflammation of a vein)

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 36017 of Friday

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer Badge, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive with the handwritten inscription in(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 64 mm (w) x 53. 40 mm (h),