Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, By Berg & Nolte Auction Archive featuring cleft silver gilded rays

featuring cleft silver gilded rays in each quadrant

Tsar Nicholas II - Silver

He joined the army in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on March 9

measuring 47 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

Close combat badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge, By Berg & Nolte Auction Archive featuring cleft silver gilded rays(Luftwaffe Fliegerschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, obverse depicts central swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle, inside oak and laurel leaf wreath with a mobile swastika at the bottom, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked on reverse B. & N. L. for Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid,, two visible rivets holding obverse eagle in place, measuring 43. 23 mm (w) x 53. 35 mm (h),