Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Early-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction 6 - A Cockerel Liberated

6 - A Cockerel Liberated - France 1944 (with two appendices)

the core is short by the length of one decoration as a result of retro-fitting a Third Reich-period decoration

Footnote: This medal was instituted in 1973 and is awarded to those who rendered exceptional services to the state or Federal Government in Civil Service

when the aircraft left the perimeter track just before the start of the runway

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Early-War Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction 6 - A Cockerel Liberated(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 44. 70