Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction Archive Merit Cross for War Aid

Merit Cross for War Aid Miniature

the most successful surviving pilot and a recipient of the Pour le Mérite

This badge is likely a sample of planed production (a prototype)

37 in 1903

the reverse of each stitched with integral straps perforated with reinforced buttonholes

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction Archive Merit Cross for War Aid(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base, maker marked with the logo of