Germany, Luftwaffe. An Early Observer’s Badge By C.e. Juncker, With Case certificate_of_authenticity then reported as a Prisoner

then reported as a Prisoner of War (POW)

page 3953 and the Legion of Merit

Award document Social Welfare Decoration

Copp was killed in a flying accident on 4 November 1942

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Early Observer’s Badge By C.e. Juncker, With Case certificate_of_authenticity then reported as a Prisoner(Beobachterabzeichen). Institued on 26. 3. 1936. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of nickel silver, with a richly detailed, narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized J 1 type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting an elongated round wire catch, two rivets at the top half of the reverse of the wreath securely hold the obverse