with obverse presenting a superimposed ball-tipped Maltese Cross in silver gilt
and a Newspaper Article (dated January 23
and “Schmid & Manner” on the inside of the crown
and an Austrian knot of black square cord on the sleeve
It is signed by the local group leader
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with obverse presenting a superimposed(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 tombak catch, bearing a makers mark of C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W.,