Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Mint Prussian Air Gunner Badge, Carsten Baldes Collection Buy Now published in Kölns and Herford

published in Kölns and Herford in 1958 by Maximilian-Verlag

sticker residue evident in five locations on the reverse of the mounting

in turn ringed by a finely-enameled sapphire-blue border with the Motto “VIGILANDO ASCENDIMUS” (“Through Vigilance We Ascend”) in Gold lettering

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blue enamels with flake to reverse 3 o'clock arm

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Mint Prussian Air Gunner Badge, Carsten Baldes Collection Buy Now published in Kölns and Herford(Abzeichen fr Fliegerschtzen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a finely detailed oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie style ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a central raised German national eagle in mid flight, clutching a stylized target, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinaback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 47 mm (w) x 43. 78