Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of First Pattern

First Pattern

suspended from a purple silk ribbon with the dual prongs on the reverse

The order originally had seven classes and was awarded in five grades: Grand Cordon

3 - The Iron Cross of 1914 (Second Class

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of First Pattern(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a wreathed 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 wire catch, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 44.