Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Instituted November 19

Instituted November 19

three Shoulder Boards

including a certificate of NSDAP membership

1943 and was carried against the 20% Reserve of the latter unit

Original ribbons

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Instituted November 19(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely