Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude an uncommon bar to a

an uncommon bar to a recipient who

light blue paper wrapped underside with "Warnung

measuring 88 mm (w) x 123 mm (h)

front two numbers have been erased on the service number

August-September 1940"

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude an uncommon bar to a(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 cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire