Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Catholic Emancipation (1829)

Catholic Emancipation (1829)

but missing its ribbon

77 mm (w) x 51

under the armpits bear two stitched reinforced ventilation holes

screwing-in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Catholic Emancipation (1829)(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,