Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude measuring 88 mm (w) x

measuring 88 mm (w) x 123 mm (h)

good very fine and better

New York manufacturer's label affixed to the end panel

supported by an ornamented Iron Crown with enameled green

bearing a central medallion consisting of a field of cut glass gems overlaid by a St

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude measuring 88 mm (w) x(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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, overlaying a cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire