Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold as The Halton Rifles on

as The Halton Rifles on May 1

the reverse inscribed “God Save the King/Homage of the British Empire 1911”

having been captured shortly before the war’s end

measures 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

I) Naming is privately engraved

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold as The Halton Rifles on(Bordfunkerabzeichen). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, marked with the logo of maker F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 92 mm (w) x