Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge, c. 1925 Hold depicting high ranking German Officers

depicting high ranking German Officers

including a Baden Medal of Merit

studio marked "K

when he suffered a severe gun shot wound (shrapnel) to the chest and face on September 15

Captain Shook with other officers and enlisted men

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge, c. 1925 Hold depicting high ranking German Officers(Fliegerschtzen Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a central German national eagle clutching a bullseye target while in mid flight, the reverse with a raised narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 53 mm (w) x 71. 05 mm (h), weighing 11. 1 grams,