Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of ring marked with FR maker

ring marked with FR maker mark denoting Rothe manufacture

warrant officers

It is also fully encompassed by a multi-piece silver-grey rayon liner

which left him with a clouded reputation

three First World War medals: 1914 Star

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Late-War Example, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Republic of ring marked with FR maker(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a maker characteristic over soldered base,