Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of the observe plain

the observe plain

He was taken on strength at the Base Depot in France on the 14th and joined his new unit in the field on the 26th

himself killing the gunner by shooting him with a pistol and thereby causing the surrender of the other five members of the machine gun crew

He was Honorably Discharged on July 29

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of the observe plain(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). 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, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 44. 71 mm (w) x 53. 80