Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge United Republic of 1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy

1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy for enlisted men in recognition of extreme bravery in combat

the same edge with black ink inscription of “LUFTWAFFEN-MUNITION GESAMTGEW

Footnote: Corporal Georg Markonett was Killed in Action at Waterloo

Knight’s Cross (27 July 1941)

1915 with a case of Gonorrhea

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge United Republic of 1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy(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.