Latvia, Republic. An Air Force Aircrew Badge, Ii Class For A Military Air Dispatcher, C.1935 GTRexclude and Parachute Jump Wings Badge

and Parachute Jump Wings Badge (in copper-coloured and olive green embroidery

iron core (magnetic) unmarked

the reverse missing horizontal pin

although he presented himself as 18 years old

Latvia, Republic. An Air Force Aircrew Badge, Ii Class For A Military Air Dispatcher, C.1935 GTRexclude and Parachute Jump Wings BadgeSilvered bronze, unmarked, 24. 8 mm x 79. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, scattered silvering wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Latvian aircrew trained in Poland, the badge issued in three grades: gold (gilt), silver and bronze. This particular badge was for a Military Air Dispatcher, who retrieved messenger tubes from a plane or balloon, as evidenced by the tube in the eagle's beak.