Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Imme & Sohn Buy Now with button-hole for uniform attachment

with button-hole for uniform attachment

Special Recommendation Letter by General der Flieger Pflugbeil to him for saving a shot down German crew between the lines

Footnote: The Franz Joseph Order was founded by Kaiser Franz Josef on December 2

2nd Class - Silvered zinc

A replacement cross is also documented as having been issued in October 1959

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Imme & Sohn Buy Now with button-hole for uniform attachment(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 clutching dual lightning bolts in its talons, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with dual visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, maker marked IMME &