WW2 German Academic Owl Award Badge With Ribbon – ‘5.X A.U.63.’

WW2-era German academic-style award badge featuring a stylised owl seated on a book within an oakleaf wreath, suspended from a two-tone bronze and cream ribbon and bearing the hand-inscribed scroll text 5.X a.u.63 beneath the central motif. The badge retains a darkened silver-toned finish with honest wear, clear definition to the owl, wreath, and scroll, and an original ribbon showing moderate fraying, while the reverse is unmarked, consistent with private-issue manufacture.