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B&NL
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Mikael Gidhagen Collection
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37.9 mm across the wreath and 41.4 mm across the wings
51.8 mm
25.4 grams
W. Deumer, Lüdenscheid
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4/10/2003
The Air Gunner’s Badge (also for Flight Engineers and Air Crew Meterologists) was instituted in mid-war (June 22, 1942). It was identical to the Radio Operator/Air Gunner’s badge, in place since 1935, in every respect except the lightning bolts symbolizing the radio operator were absent. Frequently we see early tombak badges where the lightning bolts were removed by a jeweler. Most Air Gunner’s badges are made of feinzinc/kriegsmetal. This is a rare example of an original tombak badge manufactured without the lightning bolts by W. Deumer, Lüdenscheid.
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C.E. Juncker, Berlin SW
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Tod Rathbone Collection
12/26/2021
This is an “Unqualified Air Gunner” badge. This was a role and badge created at the end of the war, mid 1944 to the end, where gunners who had not gone through the entire training were put into planes. The difference between the two badges is the color. The Air gunner features a silver wreath with dark grey eagle and swastika. The unqualified has the opposite with grey wreath and silver eagle and swastika.
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Aviation Wings and Badges of the World Wars
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