Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive on original short ribbon

on original short ribbon

circumscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR-BRIEFTAUBENWESEN” (German - For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training)

the reverse maker marked “DR

PFORZHEIM" on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive on original short ribbon(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)