Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia

demonstrating some softening of features consistent with age and wear

a brown leatherette exterior stamped with the icon of the  crowned lion on the lid

prior to then boarding an electric train from Nagasaki to Yokahoma A total of 250 Canadians were contained in Camp Tsurumi (also called Camp 3D)

with toning to silver and minimal contact to enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo