Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with the 4th Cavalry

along with the 4th Cavalry Group

1939-1940 (oakleaves on ribbon

the reverse bearing a stylized patriotic map of Slovakia

dated 9 March 1945 and certified by the handwritten signature of Flight Lieutenant Jindřich Vnouček

40mm (h - inclusive of surmounting crown)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with the 4th Cavalry(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts while in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in position, with a barrel hinge emanating from an oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating