Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Wound - Black and Silver

Wound - Black and Silver

scattered gilt wear on overs and reverse

a coolness and courage under fire of the highest order

indicating that he was born on 18 July 1905 in Pottenbrunn (then Austria-Hungary)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Wound - Black and Silver(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 diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 44. 03 mm (w)