BACKGROUND: The German Army Flak, (Anti-aircraft Artillery), Badge was instituted by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch, on July 18^TH 1941, for bestowal to army anti-aircraft battery crews, with the award of the badge based on a point structure basis. Of Note: Although Hermann Göring’s Luftwaffe was the ultimate authority of all things concerned with flight including anti-aircraft defence most division within the German army had a subordinate Flak battalion that usually contained three 88mm caliber batteries and an additional two 20mm caliber batteries to provide internal air defence.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with a matte blue/grey wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle, with down-swept wings, superimpose to the top center, encompassing the likeness of a nicely detailed, cut-out, 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece with the barrel extending beyond the outer edge of the wreath. The badge shows moderate pitting and some oxidization spotting through-out, most likely a dug example . The solid reverse has a soldered, barrel type hinge on a rectangular base plate, a thin round vertical pin and a soldered catch on a circular base plate all intact. The badge has no visible manufacturer’s marks.

GRADE **1/2                             PRICE $352.00