Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity known as “unknown maker (1)

known as “unknown maker (1) – Foerster & Barth Design”

202 mm x 263 mm

the pommel is rounded with a squared-off top

and information gleaned from a host of interviews

A Heer Officer’s visor cap wreath

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity known as “unknown maker (1)(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44.