Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction gilt charcters on the lid

gilt charcters on the lid

the second medal mounted to a six-sided brass suspension with pinback

in turn secured in place with a washer

but commissioned in December 1940 as HMCS Spikenard (K198) in the Royal Canadian Navy

the reverse topped by a stabilizing pin

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction gilt charcters on the lid(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