Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold Instituted on 1 September 1831

Instituted on 1 September 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI

measuring 59mm in navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered rank chevron and pip in silvery/grey threads

the obverse depicting the Frankfurt coat of arms

on an original lightly soiled ribbon

the regiment was known for most of its existence as The Halton Rifles until 1931 when the regiment was renamed as The Lorne Rifles (Scottish)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold Instituted on 1 September 1831(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