Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive The battlewagon then protected carriers

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive The battlewagon then protected carriers(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and magnetic (iron) banjo style pinback meeting a flat