worn badge in very fine condition
29mm (h – inclusive of integral ring)
Footnote: The Order of Orange-Nassau was established by Queen Emma in the name of her daughter
with a set of two oak leaves on a stem and three nuts embroidered onto each board via twisted
himself described the Division as “equal to the best German ones”
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Late-War Flak Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold worn badge in very fine(Flakkampfabzeichen 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, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, double maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,