Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive with minor material fatigue evident

with minor material fatigue evident to the wool

His funeral

retaining only some of its original cross-graining

Footnote: The Order of the Double Dragon

first version with "Acta Non Verba" (Deeds Not Words) ribbon banner

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive with minor material fatigue evident(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