Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Brüder Schneider Newly Listed 1917 in Victoria

1917 in Victoria

and missing two on the other

It is affixed to the other side of the tunic by machine stitching

Footnote: James Henry Sylvester Hickman enlisted for service with the Canadian Scouts during the Boer War

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner And Flight Engineer Badge, By Brüder Schneider Newly Listed 1917 in Victoria(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker und Bordmechaniker). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 44. 58 mm (w) x 54. 27 mm (h), weighing 29. 6