Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband GTRexclude he enlisted in the Royal

he enlisted in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve as an Aircraftsman 2nd Class and rose to become a Corporal

stamped with the "Paul Maybauer Berlin" maker mark on the inside lid

The inside comes complete with its original supple nine-panel butterscotch-coloured leather liner

It was here that he was granted 4th Good Conduct Badge on August 20

and a date of “1944”

Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband GTRexclude he enlisted in the Royal(Luftkriegs Einsatz Armband). Constructed of red dyed cotton, the exterior bearing a central white disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika, flanked by an inscription of NSDAP LUFTKRIEGS EINSATZ, with an illegible blue ink stamp over the disc, otherwise unmarked, measuring 210 mm (l) x 52 mm (h), with some material fatigue evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.