Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction 5 mm (w) x 27

5 mm (w) x 27 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

returning to the Gunnery Ship H

Attributed to Count Maurice Dietrichstein

followed by a transfer to the Canadian Red Cross Special Hospital on August 18th

by Colonel John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction 5 mm (w) x 27(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, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 56. 88 mm (h),