Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Archive bubbling evident below the surface

bubbling evident below the surface of the black arms

and some soiling of the reverse

and yellow enamels

measuring 92 mm (w) x 220 mm (h) x 34 mm (d)

Royal Canadian Regiment and later

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Archive bubbling evident below the surface(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 three visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire