Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” and maker marked “1”

” and maker marked “1” (Deschler & Sohn

small vertical pinback (previously repaired)

along with a reinforced slot that opens into the left waist pocket

stamped with a post-Third Reich Nachrichten-Abteilung 316 Wehrmacht insignia

6 grams with some oxidation evident (particularly to the reverse)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” and maker marked “1”(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, surrounding a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of E. Ferdinand Wiedmann,