beech wood shield with a screwed cast metal badge applied. Badge shows two stylised aircraft with 3 skyward lightning bolts symbolising the anti-aircraft artillery above the unit number 4/38, This was possibly the Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 438 which was stationed around the district of Cologne protecting the airfields and city, Heavy item with single hole for wall mounting on reverse
believed to be part of the exhaust pipe system. The metal has been formed into a stylised cross and an image of 'Invicta' the symbol of the County of Kent has been fretted and punched / scribed from a sheet of brass and pinned to the front. The reverse has a hanging point welded on and a small piece of brass has been pinned on
by DAVID LITTLEJOHN, features the countries of NORWAY, DENMARK and FRANCE. Excellent resource guide to the foreign volunteers who entered service in the German Military and Para-military organisations. Published by Bender Publishing, a 1st edition book published in 1979