Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Flak Badge by Unknown Maker with Signature Ball Hinge GTRexclude In hindsight

In hindsight

IHM SEI DIE EHRE” (“GOD WAS WITH US

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00 mm (w) x 39

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Flak Badge by Unknown Maker with Signature Ball Hinge GTRexclude In hindsight(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Instituted July 18th, 1941. (c. 1942 1943). Constructed of Neusilber (nickel silver), 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 crimped ball hinge, straight round wire pin, and crimped flat wire