Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version For Officers GTRexclude marked on reverse “WS” (for

marked on reverse “WS” (for Wagner & Sohn

the reverse is plain and bears a soldered vertical pinback

The front has two large pockets with fold over flaps

published in Vienna in 1878 by Ludwig Mayer

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version For Officers GTRexclude marked on reverse “WS” (for(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching two lightning bolts, the reverse retaining an original black paper lining with the remnants of a sales label, measuring 58 mm (w) x 64 mm (h), a rare version of this