Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Hold and the hospital’s ophthalmology department

and the hospital’s ophthalmology department in particular were undergoing changes

It is stamped in black ink on the right side "W1830"

BIANCHI" below the bust

very light crazing in the enamels otherwise the enamels are intact

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, By Wilhelm Hobacher Hold and the hospital’s ophthalmology department(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, with 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, maker marked with the logo of Wilhelm Hobacher, Vienna,