Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold 33 mm x 48 mm

33 mm x 48 mm

A well-preserved Garde du Corps gorget

constructed of cardboard-reinforced blue wool

5 mm inclusive of its gilt and red enamelled half moon and star suspension

superb period fire-gilded

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold 33 mm x 48 mm(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 magnetic (iron) banjo style pinback meeting a flat