Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon

ribbon soiled and slightly torn

constructed of a weather-hardened

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on loop for suspension from(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a narrow oblong base, unmarked but