Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed Letter from Dutz’s former Squadron

Letter from Dutz’s former Squadron Commander

the reverse shows a soldier behind a frontier fortification protecting a woman and child

after June 1

Instituted in 1922

one of the two pieces of stitching holding in place the right cuff has been lost

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed Letter from Dutz’s former Squadron(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg