Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Affixed to the crown is

Affixed to the crown is a flattened and black lacquered vulcanfibre “coffee can” style fixture

28 mm x 134

black felt in the centrepiece

and with original signature of the General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf

when he passed away in 1997 near Cologne/Bonn

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Affixed to the crown is(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo