Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of While at Humberside

While at Humberside

It is interesting that the original 1795 version of the medal incorporated fifteen stars instead of thirteen

a stahlhelm rests on the corner

He stated that this service was a “working vacation”

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened nonmagnetic core situated within a ribbed and silvered frame

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of While at Humberside(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 meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a maker characteristic over soldered base,