Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Her forename is spelled "Hortense"

Her forename is spelled "Hortense" on her award

Four weeks later

By the Fall of 1947

Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Weltinnerhalb des XIX

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Germany, Luftwaffe. An Observer’s Badge, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Her forename is spelled "Hortense"(Beobachterabzeichen). 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 52. 51 mm (w) x 52. 98 mm (h), weighing