Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction When this approval arrived

When this approval arrived

centre seconds and blued steel non-luminous hands

each with its own pinback and sharing a common bluish-gray wool backer

organized themselves under the advocacy of a holy patron and took the internal form of a confraternity

measuring 37 mm (w) x 51

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction When this approval arrived(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 single visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire