Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction and Drenthe

and Drenthe

Stamped onto the right is a partially-legible Reichsbetriebsnummer

an Order of the Legion of Honour at the base of the wreath

3 participation certificates for the Reichsberufswettkampf (Reich Vocational Contest) of 1936

in turn connecting to a Gold badge in the form of a German national eagle overlaid by a Hohenzollern coat of arms and topped by German State Crown highlighted with cut gems

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction and Drenthe(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics