field-grey-green fine wool construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical six button front closure with dual brass hooks and eyes at the neckline
multi-piece construction oval gilded tombac with a silvered tombac globe
block hinge with non-magnetic clasp
1960 following the independence of the Congo in the same year
nine with crossed bronze swords clasps
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge Hold field-grey-green fine wool construction M35(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Flak 88 facing towards the top right and extending past the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46. 42 mm (w) x 66. 51 mm (h), weighing 30. 9 grams, in better than very fine condition.