Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac late-war Heer EM/NCO’s service tunic

late-war Heer EM/NCO’s service tunic

where he would serve for eleven days

the underside in light brown suede

flanked by a DRK stamp with an illegible district name

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac late-war Heer EM/NCO’s service tunic(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,