Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed In early 1916

In early 1916

obverse illustrating the German Red Cross insignia surrounded by the inscription "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternschaft"

An unique decoration

where a Medical Report dated that day indicated that the shrapnel wound in his right calf had healed but there was "pain in (the) leg all the time

Herbert Day of North Bay

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed In early 1916(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 04 mm (w) x 59. 67 mm (h),