Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Buy Now / 12/41 / VAN /

/ 12/41 / VAN / 256" on the inner ring

the son of Arthur Burton and Lillian R

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph

the letters "GUD OG KON GEN" (Gud og Kongen = God and the King)

measuring 70 mm (w) x 68 mm (l)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Buy Now / 12/41 / VAN /(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with