(Schutzmannschaft Mützenabzeichen)
secured together with an original Luftwaffe depot tag bearing an eagle flanked by a code of “WL40”
weighing 1
with full gilding on reverse but none on obverse
Footnote: The 19th Infantry Division Venezia was a mountain infantry division of the Regio Esercito
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare and Mint Observer's Badge, with Case, by C.E. Juncker Republic of (Schutzmannschaft Mützenabzeichen)(Beobachterabzeichen mit Etui). 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 clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, wiht a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 11 mm (w) x 52. 95 mm (h),