Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed 8 mm (h) and 62

8 mm (h) and 62

He was declared "not fit for duty" and that he be recommended for invaliding to Canada

Gauleiter Albert Forster on 31 August 1939 and for services to the construction of the NSDAP in the district of Danzig and the National Socialist state Danzig as well as for building the defense of Danzig before 31 August 1939 awarded

He was shot down on four occasions

all three with a screwback)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed 8 mm (h) and 62(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 Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked B. & N. L. for Berg & Nolte,