Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden very fine with some scuffing

very fine with some scuffing and creasing of the edges

before being transferred eleven weeks later to No

(Ostdeutsche Ausstellung Erinnungsplakette)

but on a much smaller scale

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden very fine with some scuffing(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 a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 56. 76 mm