Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner and Flight Engineer Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer

Item #G54840

$1,001
(Fliegerschützenabzeichen für Bordschützen und Bordmechaniker). 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, 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 “W. DEUMER, LÜDENSCHEID”, measuring 44.52 mm (w) x 53.30 mm (h), weighing 32.2 grams, in extremely fine condition.