Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction 75mm (small version)

75mm (small version)

dated "1300" (1882) on the obverse

(Christian Lauer - Nürnberg) on the reverse

on page 14 of the 14th Anti-Tank Company

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 134 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction 75mm (small version)(Luftwaffe Bordfunkerabzeichen). Instituted 19 January 1935. (1935 1942 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, with a mobile swastika at the bottom, the obverse with a Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts in its talong, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the eagle in place, maker marked W. Deumer, Ldenscheid,