Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Archive gilt wear and contact marks

gilt wear and contact marks on all four

issued 11 February 1942

measuring 430 mm in total length

7 - Operation and Maintenance

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Archive gilt wear and contact marks(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of