Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold 36 mm (w) x 10

36 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

Duke of Lancaster's Own Hussars

Rover on July 9

A grouping of First War period items

missing its plates but demonstrating not evident wear or fatigue

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold 36 mm (w) x 10(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,