Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold MAYER & SÖHNE / K

MAYER & SÖHNE / K

The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard taking the form of dual boar’s heads

patrolling initially in search of the armed merchant ship Montserrat

The Crimean Shield certificate is dated to December 10

14 Field Ambulance

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold MAYER & SÖHNE / K(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely