Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden white pressed reinforcing fabric on

white pressed reinforcing fabric on the reverse

Footnote: Herbert Porter was born in 1868 in New Brunswick

27 mm x 27 mm each

marked “crowned Z” and F

at the age of 21 and is buried in Upton Wood Cemetery

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, Aluminum Version, Refurbished Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden white pressed reinforcing fabric on(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen mit Blitzbndel). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN SW, measuring 42. 26 mm (w)