Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a Newspaper Article (dated

and a Newspaper Article (dated January 23

the suspension loop for a stamped date of “1866”

with broad powers in terms of arming

and an Austrian knot of black square cord on the sleeve

copyrighted by the author and Lionel Leventhal Limited in 1971

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a Newspaper Article (dated(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 tombak catch, bearing a makers mark of C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W.,