Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of but by early 1943 it

but by early 1943 it had been passed for disposal to a ‘well-known charity organisation’

Struck by the US Mint

Berlin S W"

mounted to a silver star base

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of but by early 1943 it(Heeres Flak Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth,