A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge certificate_of_authenticity The 256th Battalion was raised

The 256th Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G

often of silver

marked "18K" (Gold) on the edge of the bottom arm

The German Youth besides being reared within the family and school

A Luftwaffe Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge certificate_of_authenticity The 256th Battalion was raisedA textbook example of an interwar manufacture Radio Operator & Air Gunner Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker badge; in silvered and patinated zink; two piece construction consisting of a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves, with a mobile swastika on the bottom of the wreath and an eagle that was separately applied onto the wreath (utilizing two rivets visible on the reverse); vertical needle style pin with a sheet metal hinge and a flat wire