Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction with attractive dark patina from

with attractive dark patina from age on the frame

with its green and white striped ribbon and horizontal pinback

the ship was armed with a main battery of fourteen 15 cm (5

white and green paint

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction with attractive dark patina from(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,