Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)

Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)

the top edge has been drilled with a threaded rivet with the outline of the fixture visible against the eagle’s head

marked “W” on reverse bottom left (for Ferdinand Wiedmann

and hereby authorise you to have

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)(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 emanating a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating