German Luftwaffe EM/NCO Listening Equipment Operator NCO Patch

Roughly, 55mm diameter, Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base with machine embroidered H and lightning bolts all in silvery/grey rayon threads. The outer edge of the badge is trimmed with hand stitched twisted, silvery/grey rayon cord indicating NCO ranks. Very good condition

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany’s military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which banned Germany from having any air force.