Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Second Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer)

1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer) - (529th Oak Leaves [posthumously] on July 20

each constructed of field-grey wool and trimmed with an ambiguously-coloured piping most closely corresponding to the golden-yellow of Cavalry/Reconnaissance troops

He reported to the New Orleans-class cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) for duty on June 28

SVERIGRES" at the the left and "GÖT

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Second Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Newly Listed 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer)(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 48. 18 mm (w)