A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold 38cm (15") in length

38cm (15") in length

An unusual buckle in bronze

measuring 73 mm x 71 mm

published by The Historical Committee

116 mm x 170 mm

A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge Hold 38cm (15") in lengthA textbook example of an interwar manufacture Radio Operator & Air Gunner Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker badge; in silvered and patinated zink; two piece construction consisting of a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves, with a mobile swastika on the bottom of the wreath and an eagle that was separately applied onto the wreath (utilizing two rivets visible on the reverse); vertical needle style pin with a sheet metal hinge and a flat wire