Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, with Case, Early Example by Gustav Brehmer Auction 5 mm x 17 mm

5 mm x 17 mm enamelled Ribbon Bar with button hole attachment

eight stars

By February 1916

in turn bearing a ball hinge with a suspension loop and period original length of ribbon

Crown in Gold

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, with Case, Early Example by Gustav Brehmer Auction 5 mm x 17 mm(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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an