Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of It is also fully encompassed

It is also fully encompassed by a multi-piece silver-grey rayon liner

missing ball finial on the 1 o’clock arm

It is interesting that the original 1795 version of the medal incorporated fifteen stars instead of thirteen

warrant officers

a stahlhelm rests on the corner

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of It is also fully encompassed(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 meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a maker characteristic over soldered base,