Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction late-war example of a Heer

late-war example of a Heer EM/NCO’s M43 field cap

he was awarded the 1914 Star with 5th AUG

Once the Japanese had decided to give up on Guadalcanal

the middle band slightly loose

38 mm x 54

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction late-war example of a Heer(Flakkampfabzeichen 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, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integral