Germany, Federal Republic. An Observer Badge, Early 1957 Version GTRexclude measuring 138 mm (w) x

measuring 138 mm (w) x 263 mm (h) x 42

Footnote: Alan Leslie Colter was born in Cayuga

Utrecht with Caduceus mintmark on the rim

he proceeded to England on April 5

Germany, Federal Republic. An Observer Badge, Early 1957 Version GTRexclude measuring 138 mm (w) x(Beobachterabzeichen Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a mark of A (possibly indicative of a connection to F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid),