Romania, Kingdom A Royal Air Force War Observer Badge, C.1944 Hold engraver marked "W CHRISTESEN"

engraver marked "W CHRISTESEN"

Footnote: James Henry Sylvester Hickman enlisted for service with the Canadian Scouts during the Boer War

solid construction

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in white machine embroidery on a black cotton backer

Romania, Kingdom A Royal Air Force War Observer Badge, C.1944 Hold engraver marked "W CHRISTESEN"(Forele Aeriene Regale ale Romniei). Two piece construction, insignia in bronze with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to a silvered brass wings base, measuring 39. 7 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, intact enamels, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: These badges were manufactured by the National Mint, the Resch Jewellery Workshop and a number of local or foreign workshops, with three styles of attachments: a horizontal pin