Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed many items such as tinnies

many items such as tinnies

measures 206 mm (w) x 301 mm (h)

measuring 58 mm (w) x 84

marked below with the Meissen manufacturing crossed swords insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed many items such as tinnies(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