Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold The blade sits securely within

The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard taking the form of dual boar’s heads

patrolling initially in search of the armed merchant ship Montserrat

MAYER & SÖHNE / K

crowned Prussian eagles between the arms

a latin cross of red enamelled arms

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold The blade sits securely within(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely