A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude 1917 at Saint John

1917 at Saint John

was named Bombardier SAFA on July 1st and posted to the 3rd Battery on July 26th

enamel repair on the obverse centrepiece

measuring 786 mm x 28 mm

signed at 1st

A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude 1917 at Saint JohnThis is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality early manufacture; constructed of aluminum with a silver finish wreath and a patinated eagle; the obverse with an oval wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left half and oak leaves on the right half, with a mobile swastika centered on the bottom and an eagle clutching lightning bolts in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pinback, an integrated hinge and a crimped round