Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of constructed of fine quality manufacture

constructed of fine quality manufacture hand embroidered rolled

Ortsgruppe Leaders badge

weighs 409 grams

Footnote: Henry Purvey was born on June 25

“Pour le Mérite” (“For Merit”) reads across the left arm to the right and ending on the bottom arm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of constructed of fine quality manufacture(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked B. & N. L. for Berg & Nolte,