Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Narrow Hinge Variant, by Gustav Brehmer Hold measuring 55 mm x 36

measuring 55 mm x 36 mm

Collar Tab (in browning copper

ring marked "4"

of fine quality manufacture

Historical Text

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Narrow Hinge Variant, by Gustav Brehmer Hold measuring 55 mm x 36(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Instituted January 10th, 1941. Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon and topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, all overlaid by a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a raised narrow barrel hinge signature to manufacture by Gustav Brehmer, vertical round