A Luftwaffe Unqualified Air Gunners Badge; Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity marked "LDO" on the inside

marked "LDO" on the inside lid

and that he make good on the trust being assigned to him through this promotion

Mounted on original ribbon with "Kleindekoration" of the Commanders Cross attached

Hughes was transferred to the Army Reserve upon expiration of his three year period of Army Service

that on September 12

A Luftwaffe Unqualified Air Gunners Badge; Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity marked "LDO" on the insideMachine embroidered in silvery and black threads, on grey Luftwaffe wool backing, in mint condition; every scarce. Footnote: The Unqualified Air Gunners and Flight Engineers Badge was introduced on April 25, 1944, and was awarded to Luftwaffe personnel acting in capacity of air gunners, and had taken part in at least ten combat operations (or had been wounded in the course of these combat operations). The recipients of these badges had not qualified