Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive Field Artillery

Field Artillery

or had a driver’s licence

20 mm x 28

McIssac was transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion in November 1918 and then returned home to Canada in mid-January 1919

where he was posted to the Home Fleet with the Protected Cruiser H

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Balloon Observer’s Badge, Gold Grade, Post-1957 Reissue Archive Field Artillery(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse depicting an an observation balloon bearing a Balkan Cross, inside an oval oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 83 mm (w) x 52. 70 mm (h), weighing 36. 2 grams, in near mint condition.