Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the suspension ring maker marked

the suspension ring maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “61” for Rudolf Karneth & Söhne

with a retractable slotted royal blue velvet medal bed

giving it a soiled-look in scattered locations on the badge

This was the largest airborne operation to be conducted in a single day

000 Gross Register Tons (GRT) of merchant shipping as First Watch Officer aboard U-48

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the suspension ring maker marked(Flak Kampfabzeichen 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 mobile swastika, surrounding a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44.