Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version United Republic of Grand Officers Set - in

Grand Officers Set - in silver gilt with fine red

7 mm x 35 mm

with the gilt finish approximately 90% intact

It is signed in black ink by Lieutenant General Paul Deichmann

This rested on a tin corrugated metal sheet that was designed to provide both additional ventilation and suspension while the leather chinstrap was attached to a pair of fixed D-rings on each side of the helmet

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version United Republic of Grand Officers Set - in(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), with some soiling eviden to the obverse and the remnants of an adhesive on the reverse, in overall better than very fine condition.