Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate United Republic of Luftwaffe Flak Badge - In

Luftwaffe Flak Badge - In zinc alloy

Footnote: The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight

On the third picture a fourth man has joined them

then later transferred to the 23rd Reserve Battalion on May 11th

most of the latter insignia having been lost to time

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate United Republic of Luftwaffe Flak Badge - In(Pickelhaube Insigne). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a Hohenzollern eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a Cross Patte bearing an inscription of Mit Gott fr Knig und Vaterland (With God for King and Fatherland) and date of 1813, the reverse with Cross Pattes two attachment prongs visible, with all three reverse attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 130 mm (w) x 114 mm