A Luftwaffe Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts) By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed München 9” printed on the

München 9” printed on the reverse

Footnote: This style of flag was probably in use as early as 1867 and was certainly in use by the mid 1880s

one of two prongs intact

1880 in Mattawa

Crazing and wear evident on the upper of the belt

A Luftwaffe Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts) By Berg & Nolte Newly Listed München 9” printed on theA textbook example of a Luftwaffe Air Gunner badge by this maker; manufactured without lightning bolts; in feinzink, with a silvered wreath and a patinated eagle; with two rivets on the reverse to hold the eagle to the frame; vertical needle style pinback with a narrow barrel hinge and a round wire catch; maker marked B&N, L for Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 52. 85 mm x 40. 90 mm; weighing 25. 5 grams; in extremely fine condition.