Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Archive A Fine Iron Cross First

A Fine Iron Cross First Class 1870 by I

with maps printed on both sides

Baker returned home on August 29

and below a date of “1939/40”

measuring 52 mm x 47 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Archive A Fine Iron Cross First(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). 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 swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a narrow oblong base, unmarked but