Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, by C.E. Juncker
(Luftwaffe Fliegerschützenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, obverse depicts central swooping Luftwaffe-style German national eagle, inside oak and laurel leaf wreath with bottom mobile swastika, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked on reverse “C.E. Juncker, Berlin”, two visible rivets holding obverse eagle in place, measuring 41.91 mm (w) x 52.79 mm (h), weighing 26.6 grams, a late war version featuring the blackened wreath design introduced 25 April 1944, in very fine condition.

