Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude scattered gilt wear on overs

scattered gilt wear on overs and reverse

RAD Cap Badge - Silvered bronze

two with War Merit Medals

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

cloth exterior

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude scattered gilt wear on overs(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)