Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive by Virtue of the Power

by Virtue of the Power vested in me

20th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Motherhood Medal 1944-1964

His medical report at Netley Hospital on December 18

but numbered “52446” on the reverse

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (164114) with the 84th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive by Virtue of the Power(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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch which emerges from a rectangular plate, unmarked but