Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction The necklace weighs 87

The necklace weighs 87

causing some shortening of the leg

the obverse featuring an Orillian coat of arms encircled by the text ORILLIA’S RECOGNITION OF WAR SERVICE 1914-1919

and eighteen Embroidered Pips (in brown and beige embroidery

the SS had pushed south and was fighting a defensive battle east of Kiestinki (Kestenga) on Lake Topozero

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, by Wilhelm Hobacher Auction The necklace weighs 87(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 round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Wilhelm Hobacher, Vienna,