Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed Schlag - in silvered zinc

Schlag -  in silvered zinc alloy

and American Defense Service Medal (measuring 107 mm (w) x 10

1896 in Lindsay

the so-called Blue Division

fighting a hydra (multi-headed serpent from Greek mythology)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed Schlag - in silvered zinc(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, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a