Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1906 in Essen (western Germany)

1906 in Essen (western Germany)

with obverse presenting a superimposed ball-tipped Maltese Cross in silver gilt

and an Austrian knot of black square cord on the sleeve

and “Schmid & Manner” on the inside of the crown

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, First Pattern, by C.E. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1906 in Essen (western Germany)(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round tombak catch, bearing a makers mark of C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W.,