Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of himself killing the gunner by

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

for bailing out of a disabled plane

He was Honorably Discharged on July 29

The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of himself killing the gunner by(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