Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude 1944 but little was added

1944 but little was added to it

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

cloth exterior

maker marked "WILH

scattered gilt wear on overs and reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude 1944 but little was added(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)