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Die struck, solid backed, alloy construction badge with a silver wash, some of which still remains. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly.

The German Army Flak, (Anti-aircraft Artillery), Badge was instituted by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch, on July 18TH, 1941, for bestowal to army anti-aircraft battery crews, with the award of the badge based on a point structure basis. Of Note: Although Hermann Göring’s Luftwaffe was the ultimate authority of all things concerned with flight including anti-aircraft defence most division within the German army had a subordinate Flak battalion that usually contained three 88mm calibre batteries and an additional two 20mm calibre batteries to provide internal air defence.