Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of for merit during the war

for merit during the war

scattered chipping in the blue enamels on the Ustasha "U"

Struck by the US Mint

but by early 1943 it had been passed for disposal to a ‘well-known charity organisation’

An impressive and large medal in nickel silver

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Förster & Barth United Republic of for merit during the war(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 manufacture by Frster & Barth,