Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive printed in black ink "Ehrenkreuz

printed in black ink "Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter Zweite Stufe" on the front and maker marked "Foerster & Barth Pforzheim" on the reverse

11 “French Order and Decorations” by Harrold E

He was wounded three times in 1943 and once in 1944

Victory Medal: bronze

and a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Archive printed in black ink "Ehrenkreuz(Heeres Flakabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, 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 round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Wilhelm Hobacher, Vienna,