Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic original ribbon wrapped around a

original ribbon wrapped around a stiff cardboard frame

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

giving it a soiled-look in scattered locations on the badge

on top is a rising sun with rays and an axe and shovel

000 Gross Register Tons (GRT) of merchant shipping as First Watch Officer aboard U-48

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic original ribbon wrapped around a(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44.