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Product Description: Here’s a nice Radio Operator Air Gunner Badge in overall fair condition. This Luftwaffe Radio Operator Air Gunner Badge is a wartime example produced in zinc, with most of the original finish unfortunately being evaporated away on the wreath. However, the eagle still retains some of the original darkening. Two piece construction with the eagle rivetted to the wreath with textbook Deumer style rivets. This example is maker marked on the reverse for the producer Wihelm Deumer. Reverse hardware intact without damages or repairs and is typical for Deumer produced pieces. This Radio Operator Air Gunner Badge by Deumer displays great despite the lack of finish.
Historical Description: The Luftwaffe Radio Operators Badge (Bordfunkerabzeichen) was instituted by the head of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering, in 1935. It featured a German eagle clutching two lightning bolts, surrounded by a wreath with the German swastika at the bottom. The badge was awarded to all Luftwaffe radio operators at the conclusion of their training, upon issue of a certificate from a flight school authorizing them to serve as radio operators. In this sense, it was a trade badge of trained radio operators, rather than being an individual award for military achievement, though it could also be issued prior to the conclusion of training by personnel who flew operational missions. With the annexation of Austria, the Luftwaffe Radio Operators Badge was also issued to Austrian radio operators taken into the German armed forces.
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