Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive on original short ribbon

on original short ribbon

posthumously

reverse with royal monograms in the centre and 12 o’clock arm

copy of his London Gazette MBE Military Citation (dated Friday

the ends of which are stitched together at the rear and finished with a bow-tied maroon ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive on original short ribbon(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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 56.