Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne GTRexclude A Medal Bar Sewn onto

A Medal Bar Sewn onto Fabric

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “WILH

the letters reading like a romance novel based during war times

After the “Anschluss”

It features 162 original black-and-white photos

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne GTRexclude A Medal Bar Sewn onto(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen ohne Blitzbndel). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a toned swooping Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 75