Germany, Imperial. An Air Gunner Badge, c.1925 Auction Archive This would be the first

This would be the first of what would prove to be five periods of hospitalization that he would incur

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Throughout he acted with gallantry

TO HIM BE THE GLORY)

Germany, Imperial. An Air Gunner Badge, c.1925 Auction Archive This would be the first(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with a bow tie style ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a central German national eagle clutching a bullseye target while in mid flight, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 70 mm (w) x 71. 46 mm (h), weighing 11. 1