Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Republic of before he was transferred to

before he was transferred to the Canadian Military Hospital at Eastbourne on May 16th

A gas shell explosion forced him back into the trench

with a crimped hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch

The Development of Orders and Awards

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Republic of before he was transferred to(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo