Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Ground Assault Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive (Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I

(Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I

the edges trimmed in rolled silvered bullion wire

Originally instituted by the General Courts of Cadiz as a National Order on August 31

evidence of corrosion to the obverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Ground Assault Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive (Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I(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 in mid flight, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with an integral clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral