Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed Scattered wear in the plating

Scattered wear in the plating on the buckle

It measures 108 mm in diameter and retains an original distribution label marked “S-FILTEREINSATZ FÜR DEN ZIVILEN LUFTSCHUTZ” (“S-FILTER CARTRIDGE FOR THE CIVILIAN AIR PROTECTION”)

By the start of the war

killing all twenty-six miners working underground at the time

complemented by a button down pullover flap placed on the left side

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed Scattered wear in the plating(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 dual lightning bolts in its talons, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W.