Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k. Archive 9 cm (w) x 29

9 cm (w) x 29

he was assigned to the 5th Telephone-Construction Company of Signal Replacement Battalion 13

and Hungarian Prime Minister Kálmán Darányi (1937)

Weller was piloting an RE8 (A/4220) over Belgium on September 16

with light signs of oxidation visible

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k. Archive 9 cm (w) x 29(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 eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire