Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive measuring 125 mm (w) x

measuring 125 mm (w) x 170 mm (h)

the slotted area surrounded by a circular ring inscribed "LORD STRATHCONAS HORSE (RC) / PERSERVERANCE"

circumscribed by КНЯЗЪ ЦРНОГОРСКІИ (Prince of Montenegro) within a white enamelled ring with a scallop-edged silver gilt border

and his fellow journalist colleague Staffan Tjerneld celebrating the swimmer Sally Bauer

bearing an official Wehrmacht seal

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive measuring 125 mm (w) x(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a pair of lightning bolts while in mid flight, 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 with the logo of F. W.