Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Republic of with a crimped hinge and

with a crimped hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch

CVSM with Overseas bar

A gas shell explosion forced him back into the trench

and with most of its original finish worn off

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Republic of with a crimped hinge and(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo