Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now the lid bearing a gilt

the lid bearing a gilt inscription of “LUFTWAFFE FLUGZEUGFÜHRER-ABZEICHEN”

Constructed of a forest green rayon backer

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich was born 15 October 1818 in Münster to parents Karl August von Wittich (1772-1831) and Christiane Johanna Friederike Elsabeth (1780-1842)

A partial brown cotton twill liner encompasses the interior of the breast flaps

Colonel of the Air Corps for their excellent work and untiring efforts

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now the lid bearing a gilt(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 clutching a pair of lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEIDm measuring 44. 32