Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts), By Wilhelm Deumer Archive broken horizontal pinback

broken horizontal pinback

in early 1980’s

Award document for Wound Badge silver grade (26 April 1944)

…To save time the aircrew on the squadron voted to eat dry rations between sorties instead of using time over a cooked meal…

“Meine Ehre heißt Treue” (My word is my honour)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts), By Wilhelm Deumer Archive broken horizontal pinback(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen). Manufactured without lightning bolts in silvered and patinated zink; the obverse consisting of an oak and laurel wreath with a mobile swastika at the base, with an eagle superimposed on the badge; the reverse plain, with two rivets for the attachment of the eagle, with a vertical pin, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; marked Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 41. 11 mm (w) x 53. 49 mm