A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude Air Secretary for Minister of

Air Secretary for Minister of National Defence for Air"

measuring 786 mm x 28 mm

1917 at Saint John

alloy construction

enamel repair on the obverse centrepiece

A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude Air Secretary for Minister ofThis is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality early manufacture; constructed of aluminum with a silver finish wreath and a patinated eagle; the obverse with an oval wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left half and oak leaves on the right half, with a mobile swastika centered on the bottom and an eagle clutching lightning bolts in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pinback, an integrated hinge and a crimped round