Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold minor lacquer flaking

minor lacquer flaking

1915 and began serving in France in September 1915

14 Field Ambulance

The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard taking the form of dual boar’s heads

crowned Prussian eagles between the arms

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold minor lacquer flaking(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely