" Sixteen weeks after he was awarded his Military Cross
1918-Present Issue
(Tschechische Heer Knöpfe)
similarly marked with eight notches and held together by a rounded pommel nut which securely maintains the dagger’s structural integrity
Instituted 16 September 1906 by Duke Ernst I
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Second Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive " Sixteen weeks after he(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 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 C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN S. W., measuring 44. 42 mm (w)