Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Mint Prussian Air Gunner Badge, Carsten Baldes Collection Newly Listed Although it shows extensive wear

Although it shows extensive wear and use

including all living former ministers of agriculture

This is a first pattern National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) Crash Helmet

each bearing dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia with two central bands of pink threading

measuring 83 mm (w) x 33 mm (h)

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Mint Prussian Air Gunner Badge, Carsten Baldes Collection Newly Listed Although it shows extensive wear(Abzeichen fr Fliegerschtzen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a finely detailed oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie style ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, with a central raised German national eagle in mid flight, clutching a stylized target, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinaback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 47 mm (w) x 43. 78