Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Archive Boyd Redner Jr

Boyd Redner Jr

(Wehrmacht Abzeichen und Medaillen mit Etui)

which held up the departure of the White Star liner Baltic

marked "80" on the reverse

Ontario with his wife Agnes

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Archive Boyd Redner Jr(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered and toned 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 cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a large integral catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture