A Luftwaffe Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts) By Wilhelm Deumer Archive with silvered pebbled metal buttons

with silvered pebbled metal buttons at the top and foldover flaps with reinforced button holes

Ludwig Franzisket (born 26 June 1917 in Düsseldorf – died 23 November 1988 in Münster) was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace

22 mm x 67 mm

free of discolouration

second initial on his Star has been double stamped with a "G" over an "F"

A Luftwaffe Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts) By Wilhelm Deumer Archive with silvered pebbled metal buttonsA textbook example of a Luftwaffe Air Gunner badge by this maker; manufactured without lightning bolts; in feinzink; with two rivets on the reverse to hold the eagle to the frame; vertical needle style pinback with a narrow barrel hinge and a round wire catch; maker marked W. Deumer, Ldenscheid for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 53. 60 mm x 43. 23 mm; weighing 24. 2 grams; in extremely fine condition.