Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Friedrich Almendinger Auction it measures 235 mm x

it measures 235 mm x 270 mm x 125 mm in height

light wear evident on the raised rims

Ten days after his admission to hospital in Birmingham

Constructed of multi-coloured rayon

From his earliest verified service of Acting Boatswain on Leda in 1815 the Muster List shows that he

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Friedrich Almendinger Auction it measures 235 mm x(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 08