Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive (Bordfunkerabzeichen)

(Bordfunkerabzeichen)

with "recurring attacks of pain in the abdomen" and declared that he would have three months "disability"

the reverse with an inscription of “SCHLACHT- & MASTVIEHAUSTELLUNG CÖLN 1908”

edged by light blue (hell blau) Waffenfarbe piping

The book has a solid spine with little wear

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Archive (Bordfunkerabzeichen)(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). 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 in its talons, 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 F. W.