Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, With Rare Award Document For The Italian Campaign, By Förster & Barth GTRexclude and Signaller (S) Wing (light

and Signaller (S) Wing (light blue and white embroidery

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a raised Bavarian lion rampant

observers at the time speculated that this was a bad omen for his impending reign

is confirmed as having been awarded to James E

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, With Rare Award Document For The Italian Campaign, By Förster & Barth GTRexclude and Signaller (S) Wing (light(Heeres Flak Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a semi hollow variation produced