Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude A Bavarian Long Service Cross

A Bavarian Long Service Cross

measuring 24 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

horizontal pinback and hook on the reverse

with a large unused space for the addition of a handwritten inscription

Of extremely high quality Austrian manufacture

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude A Bavarian Long Service Cross(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,