Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire chevron

Footnote: The Cross of Military Merit was instituted in February 1949 and is awarded to members of the armed forces for distinguished service in defence of the country

with small gaps from shrinkage from age

One Dress Badge (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire with red embroidery

tongue back attachment

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but