A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold measuring 34 mm

measuring 34 mm

this Officer sighted an enemy aircraft and continued to give correct directions to his pilot

with a full length replacement ribbon (with some residue stuck to the ribbon from previous collector’s mounting)

having become separated from his company during an intense bombardment of high explosive and gas shells

at HMS Pembroke

A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold measuring 34 mmA textbook example of an interwar manufacture Radio Operator & Air Gunner Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker badge; in silvered and patinated zink; two piece construction consisting of a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves, with a mobile swastika on the bottom of the wreath and an eagle that was separately applied onto the wreath (utilizing two rivets visible on the reverse); vertical needle style pin with a sheet metal hinge and a flat wire