Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction with an arm length of

with an arm length of 670 mm and a total body length of 820 mm

just in time for the First World War

a most rare cross with rich history

Most night flying had to be done by instruments from takeoff due to lack of any ground or horizon references

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction with an arm length of(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 two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a narrow integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral