Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive 25mm (w) x 93

25mm (w) x 93

and hereby authorise you to have

with crossed swords fronted by an open-ended wreath and inscribed "A

including a "coup de grace" from HMS Venus eventually sank her

the top edge has been drilled with a threaded rivet with the outline of the fixture visible against the eagle’s head

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive 25mm (w) x 93(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback emanating a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating