Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden 27 mm x 27 mm

27 mm x 27 mm each

Text in Gothic lettering

On 27 February 1917

marked “crowned Z” and F

This mid-war helmet remains in a better than very fine condition

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden 27 mm x 27 mm(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen mit Blitzbndel). Constructed of aluminum, 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 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 round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN SW, measuring 42. 26 mm (w)