Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Cloth Version, Four-Tone Variant certificate_of_authenticity featuring two loops similarly constructed

featuring two loops similarly constructed of silver aluminum wire tresse

minor chipping evident in the blue enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock

number "399349"

the reverse with a handwritten inscription naming the soldier and indicating that he was killed in action on 23 June 1941

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 featuring two loops similarly constructed(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