Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive IX - From the Somme

IX - From the Somme to Hill 70

under the armpits bear two stitched reinforced ventilation holes

Two additional polished magnetic metal fixtures are secured to the throat and upper third of the scabbard

The first one is signed in blue ink by SS-Obersturmbannführer and Leader of 12th SS-Standarte Friedrich Gehrhardt

screwing-in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive IX - From the Somme(Heeres Flak Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,