Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Province of China the steel pommel designed with

the steel pommel designed with a flare end and housing the mortise to receive the rifle

with backing cloth stitched on reverse

Struggling

measuring 90 mm (w) x 90 mm (l) x 25 mm (h)

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription with birth and death dates

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Province of China the steel pommel designed with(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a massive integral catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture