Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version for Officers
(Fliegerschützenabzeichen für Bordfunker, Stoffausführung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching two lightning bolts, the reverse retaining an original black paper lining with the remnants of a sales label, measuring 58 mm (w) x 64 mm (h), a rare version of this decoration in extremely fine condition.

