Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold MAYER & SÖHNE / K

MAYER & SÖHNE / K

a latin cross of red enamelled arms

crowned Prussian eagles between the arms

The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard taking the form of dual boar’s heads

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold MAYER & SÖHNE / K(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