Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction 86th Machine Gun Battalion

86th Machine Gun Battalion

maker marked “H&C

Footnote: Jack Berger was born in Chilo

constructed of a light wooden frame with a faux blue leather exterior

flanked by a date of “1944” and above an inscription of “PISOTLE”

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction 86th Machine Gun Battalion(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base plate, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring