Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold including a large studio portrait

including a large studio portrait

crazing and repair evident on the arms

98 mm (w) x 28

a copy of a Certificate confirming his Baptism (dated 1952)

1890 in Semer

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold including a large studio portrait(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 a single visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire