Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Footnote: The Cross of Military

Footnote: The Cross of Military Merit was instituted in February 1949 and is awarded to members of the armed forces for distinguished service in defence of the country

with small gaps from shrinkage from age

One Dress Badge (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire with red embroidery

the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a German eagle grappling with a Chinese dragon

with two out of four prongs intact (two lower prongs are missing)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Footnote: The Cross of Military(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, unmarked but