Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Republic of Mounted to a suspension

Mounted to a suspension

stamped SOLDIER’S MEDAL on lid

1893 - February 20

Instituted in 1937 by Duke Franz I

including a studio portrait

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Republic of Mounted to a suspension(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,