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Combined Pilot-Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds

Gemensames Flugzeugführer und Beobachter-abzeichen in gold mit brillianten

 

Date Instituted

1935 (became an official award 19 Oct 1939)

 

Requirements

Honorary award given to deserving Germans and non-Germans

 

Number Awarded

?

 

Known makers/markings

Rudolf Stübiger

 

Heinrich Himmler during a visit to the Eastern Front

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

 

Hanna Reitsch after being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

 

Recipients

Holders of the Combined Pilot-Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds

 

Sources used
Christopher Ailsby - A collectors guide to the Luftwaffe
Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich



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