Hamburg, Free City. A Hanseatic Cross United Republic of HJ Flak Helper’s Cloth Badge

HJ Flak Helper’s Cloth Badge - Machine embroidered dark blue thread on black cloth

the other illustrating an older Kille reclined in an arm chair and holding a pipe in his left hand

quality striking

allowing the belt to be fed through the 33 mm x 250 mm smooth leather butterscotch tab stitched to the reverse

It went on to state that the "Left foot is very flat and is inverted

Hamburg, Free City. A Hanseatic Cross United Republic of HJ Flak Helper’s Cloth BadgeAn example of a Hanseatic Cross of the Free City of Hamburg; a Maltese cross of silvered bronze with red enameled arms; the obverse depicting an outline of the Hamburg castle; the reverse plain, inscribed Fr Verdienst im Kriege, 1914 in Gothic lettering; on a double loop suspension from its correct replacement ribbon; measuring 40. 05 mm (w) x 40. 00 mm (h); weighing 18. 9 grams; light contact marks from age, but in overall near extremely fine