Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold brown felt backer with pinback

brown felt backer with pinback

A Vietnamese Air Service Medal

27th November

maker marked “6” on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold brown felt backer with pinback(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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 08 mm (w) x 56. 77 mm (h),