Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge United Republic of NS Dockyard on January 16

NS Dockyard on January 16

Dolphin (1912

and France: Cross of Military Valour (bronze

Some survivors recount that the ship was initially struck by shore-battery gunfire

minor crazing to red enamel field

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge United Republic of NS Dockyard on January 16(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 92 mm (w) x 65. 78 mm (h),