Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge Auction Archive Footnote: During the First World

Footnote: During the First World War

held tightly in place by a silver restraining ring

the reverse bearing a Bavarian rampant lion

in aluminum with its ribbons

earning him the Purple Heart

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge Auction Archive Footnote: During the First World(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Flak 88 facing towards the top right and extending past the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46. 43 mm (w) x 65. 38 mm (h), weighing 40. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.