Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden 78 mm (w) x 49

78 mm (w) x 49

and engraved with an award number of “4836722”

(Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme

In late 1929 he wrote about the planned European tour of Japan’s Prince Takamatsu and considered whether Romania should invite the prince to visit Bucharest

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden 78 mm (w) x 49(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,