Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge United Republic of vertical pinback with one stay

vertical pinback with one stay on each side

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Footnote: Glen Russell Rodman was born on June 17

Footnote: Corporal Georg Markonett was Killed in Action at Waterloo

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge United Republic of vertical pinback with one stay(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.