Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge, c. 1925 Hold le 230ème d'Artie

le 230ème d'Artie

” The tan-coloured leather sweatband is perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of ventilation holes

Captain Shook with other officers and enlisted men

securing in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire and adjusted with dual sliding knots

Type VI (1936-1976) (Orden del Mérito Militar con Distinción Roja (Servicio de Guerra)): in bronze gilt with red

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge, c. 1925 Hold le 230ème d'Artie(Fliegerschtzen Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, surrounding a central German national eagle clutching a bullseye target while in mid flight, the reverse with a raised narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 53 mm (w) x 71. 05 mm (h), weighing 11. 1 grams,