Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Early-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity the Iron Cross 2nd Class

the Iron Cross 2nd Class

with Africa motif

Eberhard Mohnicke (9)

instituted on April 8

with a red cross flanked by branches of laurel leaves on either side below

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Early-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity the Iron Cross 2nd Class(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44. 70