Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, With Case, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive Goldschmelz

Goldschmelz

Overhoff and Cie of Ludenscheid was a premier maker of SS buckles from around 1927

with a central white enamelled medallion topped by a black enamelled mobile swastika

836 died while in service

horizontally pierced ball and loop for suspension from a period original incorrect ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, With Case, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive Goldschmelz(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe mit Etui). 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 silvered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, on top of 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style