Luftwaffe RO/AG - Aluminium made badge

[Stijn David]

Hello,

Here are images of a badge that will fly in real soon.

It is a "A" marked Aluminium badge => sadly the catch is snapped off, otehrwise excelent condition.

I will post more pictrues once the bird has landed.

Cordial greetings,

[J Temple-West]

I will post more pictrues once the bird has landed.

Looking forward to that, Stijn.

[Richard Gordon]

Stijn

Not an easy piece to find. The condition is very nice (except for the catch - but it could be a lot worse!). Congratulations!

Rich

[nesredep]

Hi

Nice find.

Nesredep

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Guys !

Very nice AG/ RO in Alum. from Assmann .

Stijn ! Sad with the catch .

Here is mine .

Jan Arne

Edited September 7, 2007 by Jan Arne S

[nesredep]

Hi Guys !

Very nice AG/ RO in Alum. from Assmann .

Stijn ! Sad with the catch .

Here is mine .

Jan Arne

Hi

Jan Arne

Nice to see yours.

Regards

Nesredep

[Stijn David]

Hello,

And this lighweight did fly in today. Remarkable how light these are and the finisch on this one is 99 % present

Cordial greetings,

[Stijn David]

Hello,

And the reverse of this lighweight piece - my limited scanning ability does not do justice towards the condition. Absolutely nice piece.

Anyone a idea on the timeframe of production on these baby's?

Cordial greetings,

[nesredep]

Hello,

And the reverse of this lighweight piece - my limited scanning ability does not do justice towards the condition. Absolutely nice piece.

Anyone a idea on the timeframe of production on these baby's?

Cordial greetings,

Hi

I agree.good condition.

Nesredep

[J Temple-West]

Stijn,

A very nice example. The missing catch??.typical for these aluminium pieces.

The Radio Operator/Air Gunner badge was first mentioned in official orders in the ?Luftwaffenverordnungsblatt? on the 19th Jan 1935.

Regulations were published on the 27th Nov 1935, and the badge was finally instituted on the 26th March 1936.

1st pattern aluminium RO/AG badge by Assmann.

[J Temple-West]

Reverse of the 1st pattern.

[J Temple-West]

Going on groups, containing both original urkunde/badges, the 2nd pattern was introduced in 1938, this being the case for most Luftwaffe war type badges, certainly by Assmann.

2nd pattern.

[J Temple-West]

Reverse.

[J Temple-West]

Comparison between the 2nd pattern aluminium RO/AG badge (left) and its early nickel silver counterpart (right).

Interesting to note that the eagles? left wing, on all aluminium badges, are placed at a lower angle than those on ns/buntmetal examples.

[J Temple-West]

Reverse.

[Richard Gordon]

John

Your '1st' pattern is the only one I have ever seen and is a superb specimen!

Rich

[J Temple-West]

Cheers Rich...

How about this battle-weary example. Again, repaired catch. Amazing how close to the Juncker eagle design these 1st pattern pieces are.

[Stijn David]

Hello John,

Thank you for the comment and also offcoarse for showing your superb examples , im happy to see that there are otehr brothers and sisters arround.

Cordial greetings,