Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner and Flight Engineer Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now Pennsylvania Branch as of 1901

Pennsylvania Branch as of 1901

The younger Cooke embarked Canada on May 28

The change of scene to New Zealand did not change the father's modus operandi: he spent six months imprisoned there for fraud

the album features two Feldpost letters retaining original envelopes dated to 1942

the obverse with central shields bearing a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika and a Spanish Falange insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner and Flight Engineer Badge, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now Pennsylvania Branch as of 1901(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). Instituted March 26th, 1936. Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked W. Deumer, Ldenscheid