Description
An Imperial Wound Badge
with attractive dark patina from age on the frame
but with all of its original gilt finish worn off
55 mm x 48
awarded on May 1st
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction An Imperial Wound Badge(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,