Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China 42 mm x 55 mm

42 mm x 55 mm

2 mm x 27 mm)

one side bearing a multi-piece cotton-blended HJ insignia set within a hand-embroidered white border

the larger one of the two an official press photo by correspondent Walter Gircke

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China 42 mm x 55 mm(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen mit Blitzbndel). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked W. DEUMER,