Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge United Republic of minor crazing to red enamel

minor crazing to red enamel field

Some survivors recount that the ship was initially struck by shore-battery gunfire

flanked by spread wings

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia coat-of-arms and inscribed "ORDEN REPUBLIKE / SA SREBRNIM VENGEM" on the lid

500--1-64 (4835)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge United Republic of minor crazing to red enamel(Flakkampfabzeichen 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, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 92 mm (w) x 65. 78 mm (h),