Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity while over the two staircases

while over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription "HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH

artist signed "JOHNSON"

flanked by a date of “1936”

a matching central rosette)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity while over the two staircases(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordfunker). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle in mid flight clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. DEUMER, LDENSCHEID, measuring 42.