Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive reverse dated 1882 (2882

reverse dated 1882 (2882

marked "835" (silver) and "GES

light crazing in the bamboo

he was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross

the obverse with a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive reverse dated 1882 (2882(Flakkampfabzeichen 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, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreathed, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting round wire catch affixed to a rectangular baseplate, unmarked but with the physical