Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity one end of the belt

one end of the belt resting diagonally on the infantryman's chest

(12)     Typed official file letter with two handwritten letters from Kuhlmann’s comrades to his family – all dealing with the circumstances of his aircraft being shot down and the death of all the crew members

suspended from a 48

the insignia demonstrates some oxidation and the backer’s paper liner has deteriorated

The newly created Soviet Union suffered a massive defeat

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity one end of the belt(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne,