Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of there is a 70 mm

there is a 70 mm wide cotton band along the waistline

Many of them had to be turned back

constructed of fine quality manufacture hand embroidered rolled

Footnote: Henry Purvey was born on June 25

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of there is a 70 mm(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). 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 dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked B. & N. L. for Berg & Nolte,