Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive white and black cord

white and black cord

presenting mild cracking to enamels

California on December 12th

A Second War Silver Grade Wound Badge by Klein & Quenzer - In fine zinc

fixed in place with the shell rivets

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive white and black cord(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). 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 a soldered on sheet metal hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch on a raised plateau, unmarked, measuring 42.