A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold published by The Historical Committee

published by The Historical Committee

German WWI Veteran’s Merit Award - German WWI Veteran’s Award of merit

An unusual buckle in bronze

116 mm x 170 mm

A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold published by The Historical CommitteeA 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