Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm (h) thick black

5 mm (h) thick black felt base

green wool

Ellmer was promoted to SS-Unterscharführer

For his actions that day that led to the sinking of the Hagaro

(Reichsfinanzverwaltung Zollgrenzschutz Ärmelabzeichen)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm (h) thick black(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, 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, around a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integral