Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts), By F.w. Assmann Buy Now Bessette was admitted to Petawawa

Bessette was admitted to Petawawa Military Hospital on January 15

he joined the Feldflieger-Abteilung (Field Pilot Detachment) 4 on December 13

6 mm in length

while the Arrowhead and Five Bronze Battle Stars on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal are for his involvement on D-Day

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Air Gunner Badge (Without Lightning Bolts), By F.w. Assmann Buy Now Bessette was admitted to Petawawa(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen). Manufactured without lightning bolts in silvered and patinated aluminum; the obverse consisting of an oak and laurel wreath with a mobile swastika at the base, with an eagle superimposed on the badge; the reverse plain, with two rivets for the attachment of the eagle, with a vertical pin, a barrel hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; double marked with the logo for F. W. Assmann & Sohn, Ldenscheid on the