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

white and black cord

approximately 17cm x 11cm

California on December 12th

A grouping of documents and a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

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.