Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Minor oxidation is evident to

Minor oxidation is evident to the metallic features

Order of the Eagle Cross - Silver Merit Cross

the text under each section in blue

A high quality example

The general use of steel in warship construction precluded the use of ramming without danger to the attacking vessel

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Minor oxidation is evident to(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 depressed and crimped hinge with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann Aurich, Dresden, measuring 44. 73 mm (w) x 60.