Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Second Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Republic of dated 27 November 1942 for

dated 27 November 1942 for a wound suffered on 17 November

who shortly thereafter returned to the United States

sailors and officers

during a period of intense trench warfare

for the petrol tank broke on the dive

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Second Pattern, by C.E. Juncker Republic of dated 27 November 1942 for(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)