Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge certificate_of_authenticity with its suspension loop broke

with its suspension loop broke and with oxidation evident throughout

59 mm x 62 mm)

with light fraying along the edges from wear

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Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Air Gunner’s Badge certificate_of_authenticity with its suspension loop broke(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of die struck magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie style ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central raised German national eagle about to take off in flight, clutching a bullseye target, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse bearing illegible handwritten