Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge Archive Footnote: The "Unofficial French State"

Footnote: The "Unofficial French State" (Etat Française) Vichy War Cross (Croix de Guerre) has the double-bladed Vichy "francicsa" (axe) above the inscription "ETAT FRANCAIS" on the obverse centrepiece

The interior of the helmet has the post-May 1917 pattern

the reverse with a gilded eagle clutching a blackened Spanish coat of arms beside the fascist symbol of five arrows tied together with a rope towards the right

70 mm x 14

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge Archive Footnote: The "Unofficial French State"(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Flak 88 facing towards the top right and extending past the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46. 43 mm (w) x 65. 38 mm (h), weighing 40. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.