Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction A Second War Fairbairn Sykes

A Second War Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife - Fine polished steel blade

984 by the end of the conflict

consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials and red enameled obverse arms

with a removable depressed and slotted white doeskin medal bed

measuring 47 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction A Second War Fairbairn Sykes(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). A unique example of the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, constructed of a zink base, plated with copper, and finished with a silver coating, 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, the eagle set over a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge