Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 58 mm (w) x

measuring 58 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

maker marked "ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ" (Anagnostopoulos) on the inside lid

Wien - in zinc

He was found responsible for multiple bombings in France by a french military tribunal and was sentenced to death on 26

a Red Cross check-up slip

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 58 mm (w) x(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, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating