Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of An impressive and large medal

An impressive and large medal in nickel silver

Struck by the US Mint

mounted to a silver star base

A Silver Member’s Badge

for merit during the war

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of An impressive and large medal(Heeres Flak Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth,