Germany, Heer. A Flak Badge, with Rare Award Document for the Italian Campaign, by Förster & Barth

(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a semi-hollow variation produced by Förster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 44.54 mm (w) x 60.05 mm (h), weighing 32.5 grams, with loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition; accompanied by its original award document, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, named to “GEFREITER ERNST SCHÖRRY” of 4. Batterie, Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 315, issued at Supreme Command of the Army headquarters on 10 June 1944 (with the unit then seeing action at Monte Cassino before retreating north as part of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division) and featuring the handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Wilhelm Weidinger, measuring 148 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), a rare accompaniment to the decoration for actions during a key phase of the Italian Campaign, in near extremely fine condition.