Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Vienna informed her wartime allies

Vienna informed her wartime allies in Berlin that Austria could no longer pursue the war

with swords crossing through the arms

There is a securing strap with a brass tab dual riveted to its end and stitched in place on the front

joining his unit in the field on November 3rd

Lieutenant Colonel Hermann Graf (1912–1988)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Vienna informed her wartime allies(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, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 52 mm (w) x 56. 81 mm