Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden and engraved with an award

and engraved with an award number of “4836722”

measuring 345 mm (w) x 455 mm (h)

six with attachments

Despite the relatively small scale of the conflict

and Rosette: in yellow embroidery

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden and engraved with an award(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,