Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden (Deutsches Afrika Korps Tropenhelm)

(Deutsches Afrika Korps Tropenhelm)

6 (inclusive of all hardware)

inscribed "SZEBB JÖVOT" above

on white enameled background circumscribed by brown enameled ring with gilt inscription

His health would continue to be an issue

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden (Deutsches Afrika Korps Tropenhelm)(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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,