Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of (Hakenkreuz Anhänger in Gold)

(Hakenkreuz Anhänger in Gold)

staining to blue enamel

He was with the 6th Canadian Field Ambulance

" and intimate friend of the great musician

overlaid by a semi-circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by a shield bearing a hammer and sickle

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of (Hakenkreuz Anhänger in Gold)(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 44. 52 mm (w) x 53.