Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive where he served ten months

where he served ten months

the reverse bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE” (“MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE”)

measures 59mm (w) x 59mm (h)

measuring 325 mm (front to back of edge) 660 mm (circumference around widest part of exterior dome)

and pinned with zink Heeresverwaltung cyphers

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive where he served ten months(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 stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with three visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire