Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold An extremely well preserved example

An extremely well preserved example of this award

Between 1927 and 1935

constructed of cardboard-reinforced blue wool

33 mm x 48 mm

A well-preserved Garde du Corps gorget

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold An extremely well preserved example(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 magnetic (iron) banjo style pinback meeting a flat