Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of with a camera operator

with a camera operator

Officer’s Grade

British made

but without tears and not folded

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of with a camera operator(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). 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 central visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round