Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version For Officers Auction marked "L/13" on reverse pin

marked "L/13" on reverse pin (for P

opening to expose storage areas on either side for cigarettes

To what degree it is impossible to state from clinical examination alone

as commander of the 2nd Polish Auxiliary Corps with the Austrian Army

the cross has been collector cleaned

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version For Officers Auction marked "L/13" on reverse pin(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