Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version, Four-Tone Variant certificate_of_authenticity Instituted 24 September 1914 by

Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August

with an illegible maker’s mark on the suspension ring

the wreath consisting of laurel and oak leaves

indicating that the cap was later used as a prop by the Czechoslovakian state film industry

including Hills 65 and 145 and the Mont Forêt Quarries

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version, Four-Tone Variant certificate_of_authenticity Instituted 24 September 1914 by(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark blue grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey 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 executed in multi tone silver grey, the reverse retaining a black rayon cloth liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of production by the