Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive white and black cord

white and black cord

California on December 12th

A grouping of documents and a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

whose construction is the object of the competition

fixed in place with the shell rivets

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive white and black cord(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). 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 stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a soldered on sheet metal hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch on a raised plateau, unmarked, measuring 42.