Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Newly Listed Berlin - In solid silver

Berlin - In solid silver

and overlaid by a banner bearing an inscription of “MITT GOT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND” (“WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND”)

enamel chip to obverse 3 o’clock arm

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

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Newly Listed Berlin - In solid silver(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