Luftwaffe Haupmann Flak Collar Tab

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Luftwaffe - Kragenspiegel für einen Haupmann der Flakartillerie. It is constructed out of a lacquered tan buckram base that is covered in a red stitched/glued on wool with hand embroidered rolled and crunched silver/aluminum flatwire threads and is piped in twisted silver/aluminum flatwire. The obverse features three Luftwaffe gulls above an oak leaf and acorn cluster, which lies on a red backing and is surrounded by a flatwire twisted rope. The reverse shows the lacquered buckram base, to the center, that is surrounded by the folded over red wool covering, red stitching and is surrounded by that same flatwire twisted rope, with the ends tied to the top right corner. It measure 1 11/16 inches wide by 2 3/4 inches tall.