Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive circumscribed by a buckled belt

circumscribed by a buckled belt

on original short ribbon

silver frame with a blackened magnetic semi-matte eggshell-sheen core

copy of his London Gazette MBE Military Citation (dated Friday

with his left hand holding the forestock of the rifle

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive circumscribed by a buckled belt(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, 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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 56.