Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Republic of my darling Jack

my darling Jack

It was April before the assignment

the exterior of which is painted in red

AUFKLÄRUNGSABTLG

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Republic of my darling Jack(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W., measuring 44. 30