Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic War Merit Cross 2nd Class

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

This was the largest airborne operation to be conducted in a single day

on top is a rising sun with rays and an axe and shovel

the suspension ring maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “61” for Rudolf Karneth & Söhne

Gilt die-stamped tombac

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic War Merit Cross 2nd Class(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44.