Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Newly Listed enamel chip to obverse 3

enamel chip to obverse 3 o’clock arm

and only limited wear to the black finish of the core

stating that he had had previous military service with the 4th Battery during World War I from 1914-1919

which was based out of Blyth in the 11th Submarine Flotilla

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Newly Listed enamel chip to obverse 3(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, overlying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge emanating from a crimped base and banjo style