A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge certificate_of_authenticity oval shaped oak leaf wreath

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink

The back still has most of the paper covering (its fragile and ripped) showing that it has not been tampered with

plus extraction and return to the scabbard

this is a fine grouping of the membership document and matching membership stick in very fine condition

During a heavy bombardment by the enemy he moved from place to place over the open under heavy fire

A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge certificate_of_authenticity oval shaped oak leaf wreathA 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