gunnery and driving schools
the reverse inscribed “Für Verdiesnt und Treue” (German - For Merit and Loyalty) within a laurel wreath
measuring 225 mm (w) x 97 mm (h)
to Acting Corporal on November 15
1945 and awarded for 360 flight hours or 120 missions
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Berg & Nolte United Republic of gunnery and driving schools(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts in its talons, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte,