Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude maker marked on reverse “Sieper

maker marked on reverse “Sieper und Söhne

a few holes evident on the sun disk

he was assigned to the 5th Telephone-Construction Company of Signal Replacement Battalion 13

The I Class Cross was only awarded to high-ranking military personnel

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude maker marked on reverse “Sieper(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.