Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Heer Flak Badge by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of He was placed on command

He was placed on command at the 1st Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on May 30

the chape in a magnetic steel in a snub-nosed style and secured in place via two rivets

the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR” (“FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER”)

Pearkes and his staff left for England to join the 1st Canadian Infantry Division

6mm (w) x 75

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Heer Flak Badge by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of He was placed on command(Flakkampfabzeichen der Wehrmacht). Constructed of silvered cast zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht 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 folded sheet metal hinge, with a pointy vertical pinback and a flat catch that is soldered onto a plate, an unmarked