Description
and Military Long Service Decoration
with minor material fatigue evident to the wool
and Bombadier Badge (sterling silver
73mm (w) x 15
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive and Military Long Service Decoration(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 central visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round