Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed The Diary of the Second

The Diary of the Second

marked SABSON

He was invalided to England aboard a Hospital Ship

copy from negative H

with light contact marks but very fine

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed The Diary of the Second(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of partially silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, overlaid by a silvered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x 56. 18 mm (h),