Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth United Republic of metal core (nonmagnetic)

metal core (nonmagnetic)

President of the International Exhibition of 1906 was the financier and Milanese banker Cesare Mangili (1850-1917)

34 mm x 126 mm each

reverse has hooks with no pin

As he was an American citizen serving with the AEF

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth United Republic of metal core (nonmagnetic)(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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge emanating from a crimped base and banjo style