Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic for heroism and extraordinary achievement

for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight against enemy forces on 19 June 1944

marked by C

Men in Nazi uniforms and with drums leading a parade

New forces in the Netherlands

measuring 118 mm (w) x 117 mm (l)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic for heroism and extraordinary achievement(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with