Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity along with scattered contact marks

along with scattered contact marks

one end of the belt resting diagonally on the infantryman's chest

Edward VII (No

It sits securely within a gilded bronze upper crossguard

issued at headquarters on 1 October 1944

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity along with scattered contact marks(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 round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,