Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge With Lightning, In Aluminum, By C. E. Juncker Auction Second Pattern - Three-colour embroidery

Second Pattern - Three-colour embroidery on black wool

Austria-Hungary (today Serbia)

overall length 72mm (or 3 inches)

engraved "583" on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator Badge With Lightning, In Aluminum, By C. E. Juncker Auction Second Pattern - Three-colour embroideryThin Wreathed Aluminum Version; A textbook example of a mint and fine quality manufacture Luftwaffe Radio Operator badge; constructed of aluminum with an aluminum wreath, and a patinated eagle; the obverse with an oval wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left half and oak leaves on the right half, with a mobile swastika centered on the bottom and an eagle clutching lightning bolts in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style