A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude eight pages printed in black

eight pages printed in black ink

inscribed "NAPOLEON III" on the left and "EMPEREUR" on the right

signed at 1st

Air Secretary for Minister of National Defence for Air"

alloy construction

A Cased Luftwaffe Radio Operator Badge By Hermann Aurich; Aluminum Version GTRexclude eight pages printed in blackThis is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality early manufacture; constructed of aluminum with a silver finish wreath and a patinated eagle; the obverse with an oval wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left half and oak leaves on the right half, with a mobile swastika centered on the bottom and an eagle clutching lightning bolts in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pinback, an integrated hinge and a crimped round