Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version Auction Archive attached to the Afrika Korps

attached to the Afrika Korps with Panzer-Division 15

some loss of black finish evident to the cross

circumscribed by an inscription of “REICHSVERBAND DEUTSCHER KLEINTIERZÜCHTER e

The 50 mm wide sweatband is fabricated from a caramel brown-colored leather

illustrating a left-facing eagle sitting upon the Olympic rings in the spoon's bowl

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version Auction Archive attached to the Afrika Korps(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey 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, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.