Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)

Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)

including a "coup de grace" from HMS Venus eventually sank her

Leaving one man on the weapon

accompanied by two 36 mm (w) x 9 mm (h) ribbon bars)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia)(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback emanating a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating