Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Republic of A mint fine quality manufacture

A mint fine quality manufacture Social Welfare Decoration/Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege by a highly desirable maker

he was struck off strength

The right shoulder is adorned with a 60 mm 14th USAAF patch

stamped with size 57

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Republic of A mint fine quality manufacture(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch which emerges from a rectangular plate, unmarked but