(Gemensames Flugzeugführer und Beobachter-abzeichen in gold mit brillianten)

Date Instituted

1935 (became an official award on 19 October 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

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Hanna Reitsch after being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class wearing a womens version of the badge

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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