Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed (Kaiserliche Marine Ärmelabzeichen für Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen)

(Kaiserliche Marine Ärmelabzeichen für Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen)

104 pages on a newsprint stock

measuring 252 mm in diameter

VI - Twenty Months in the Mediterranean

with small spots of oxidation evident to the obverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed (Kaiserliche Marine Ärmelabzeichen für Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen)(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 three visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a