Germany, Heer. A Rare Flak Badge, Semi-Hollow Variant, by Förster & Barth Hold enamel chip to reverse centre

enamel chip to reverse centre

the obverse bears a red enamel Hamburg coat of arms on a white enamel background

along with the aforementioned pressed fabric fragmentation and missing rubber ring in the dome

the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with narrow hand-painted gilt tresse

Germany, Heer. A Rare Flak Badge, Semi-Hollow Variant, by Förster & Barth Hold enamel chip to reverse centre(Heeres Flakabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a 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 flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Frster & Barth,