Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge GTRexclude Constructed of field-gray coloured machine

Constructed of field-gray coloured machine embroidery on a field-gray rayon backer

with reinforcing triangular patches stitched in place in the navy blue bands where they butt the hoist sleeve

62 mm x 75 mm

the number 40 engraved on the 12 o’clock arm

as a Battalion runner he repeatedly carried messages to the Front Line through heavy enemy barrages

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge GTRexclude Constructed of field-gray coloured machine(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Flak 88 facing towards the top right and extending past the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46. 42 mm (w) x 66. 51 mm (h), weighing 30. 9 grams, in better than very fine condition.